ANA LEAF FOUNDATION
🌳Matureactive
07078971 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2009-11-17
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (57/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2015-10-02📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-dateannual-return · AR01
- 2015-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-11-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-dateannual-return · AR01
- 2009-11-17🏢Company incorporatedAs ANA LEAF FOUNDATION
- 2009-11-17➕DE PUTRON, Carolynne Hayley appointeddirector
- 2009-11-17➕SIMMONS, Amanda Catherine appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Carolynne Hayley De Putron Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 26/09/2016 |
Mrs Amanda Catherine Simmons Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 26/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| ALAN D HART LTD→ 14644144 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AMANDA PARKER ASSOCIATES CIC→ 15400805 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AMERICAN GOLDEN NAILS LTD→ 10981122 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| AMULINDE LTD→ 09073061 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| ANDALI COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED→ 08444234 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| ANDFRIENDS LIMITED→ 07641682 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| ANDRALIS INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ 15920616 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ANDREW DAY PROPERTY SERVICES LTD→ 08656620 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2009-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Valiant House
12 Knoll Rise
Orpington
BR6 0PG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
DE PUTRON, Carolynne Hayley→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2009-11-17
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SIMMONS, Amanda Catherine→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2009-11-17
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Recent filings (35 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-13