ANNO'S AFRICA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06966878 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2009-07-20

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£4.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

19 officers (5 active, 19 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,487

Cash YoY

+93%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£8k

↑ 93% YoY

Net Worth

£4k

↑ 584% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£4.5k	£656
Cash	£8.0k	£4.1k
Net assets	£4.5k	£656

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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accounts · AA
2025-07-11
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officers · TM01
2025-07-10
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officers · TM01
2025-07-10
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officers · TM01
2025-07-10
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officers · TM01
2025-06-30
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CORDUNER, Allan David resigned
director
2025-06-30
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HAMILTON, Sarah Louise resigned
director
2025-06-30
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LEWIS, Owen Richard, Mr. resigned
director
2025-06-30
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MILLS, Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien resigned
director
2024-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
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officers · CH03
2022-07-05
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officers · CH01
2022-07-05
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officers · AP03
2021-12-16
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gazette · DISS40
2021-12-15
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accounts · AA
2021-11-30
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gazette · GAZ1
2021-09-21
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GILBERT, Bridget Phyllis appointed
secretary
2021-01-31
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accounts · AA
2020-07-29
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address · AD01
2019-10-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-10-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-08
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RADCLYFFE, Sarah resigned
director
2019-10-08
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WARWICK, Ian resigned
director
2019-01-23
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CHANDLER, Susan Frederica appointed
director
2018-09-05
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CRAIG, Lia appointed
director
2018-08-09
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NORMAN, Louise resigned
director
2018-06-12
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NAMBISAN, Damodaran Deepak resigned
director
2018-03-17
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ROSE, Karen Macdonald resigned
director
2018-02-07
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FROST, Emma resigned
director
2015-03-13
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HAMILTON, Sarah Louise appointed
director
2014-12-17
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HOLM, Melissa resigned
secretary
2013-10-01
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LEWIS, Owen Richard, Mr. appointed
director
2011-03-17
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NYGH, Catherine Ann appointed
director
2011-02-28
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CLARK, Fiona Catherine resigned
director
2011-01-13
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HOLM, Melissa appointed
secretary
2011-01-13
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TOMLIN, Tina Rexene resigned
secretary
2010-05-26
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BUTLER, Lydia resigned
secretary
2010-05-26
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TOMLIN, Tina Rexene appointed
secretary
2009-07-20
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Company incorporated
As ANNO'S AFRICA LIMITED
2009-07-20
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BIRKIN, Andrew appointed
director
2009-07-20
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BUTLER, Lydia appointed
secretary
2009-07-20
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CLARK, Fiona Catherine appointed
director
2009-07-20
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CORDUNER, Allan David appointed
director
2009-07-20
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FROST, Emma appointed
director
2009-07-20
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MILLS, Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien appointed
director
2009-07-20
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NAMBISAN, Damodaran Deepak appointed
director
2009-07-20
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NORMAN, Louise appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2009-07-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

Tu Hwnt I'R Gors

Llannor

Pwllheli

Gwynedd

LL53 8PX

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-03

Last: 2025-07-20