ANDERSHAW FOREST LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07166067 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-23
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£2.46M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
57 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £2,459,168
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£2.5m
↑ 6.4% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
↑ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.46M | £2.31M |
| Current assets | £1.55M | £1.36M |
| Net assets | £2.46M | £2.31M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-20📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-07-19📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-07-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-07-19📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-07-15📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2022-07-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-06-14📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-03📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-03-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-03-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-03-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-03-12➕WIGHT, Paula Alexandra Stephanie appointeddirector
- 2013-10-03➖MORGAN-WIGHT, Katherine Jane Louise resigneddirector
- 2010-03-10➕MORGAN-WIGHT, Katherine Jane Louise appointeddirector
- 2010-02-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ANDERSHAW FOREST LIMITED
- 2010-02-23➕WIGHT, Robin appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Paula Alexandra Stephanie Wight Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/03/2019 |
Mr Robin Wight Individual · British · DOB 07/1944 · age 82 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/03/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Robin Wightceased 06/03/2019· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100
Registered office
7 Lynwood Court
Priestlands Place
Lymington
Hampshire
SO41 9GA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
WIGHT, Paula Alexandra Stephanie→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2018-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WIGHT, Robin→
Activedirector · ~82y · appointed 2010-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MORGAN-WIGHT, Katherine Jane Louise→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2010-03-10 · resigned 2013-10-03
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Recent filings (57 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-07-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-07-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-07-19
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-07-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-13