ANDLAW HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07174477 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-02
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 16.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.11M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.3y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
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
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,106,460
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£153
~ YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.11M | £1.11M |
| Cash | £153 | £153 |
| Net assets | £1.11M | £1.11M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-01-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited
- 2025-12-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-27📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-03-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-21📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-03-21📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-03-23➕ANDERSON, Mark Joseph appointeddirector
- 2010-03-23➕LAWTON, Anthony Robert appointeddirector
- 2010-03-23➖MUCKLE SECRETARY LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-03-23➖DAVISON, Andrew John resigneddirector
- 2010-03-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Donald Nicholas Vowles
- 2010-03-02🏢Company incorporatedAs ANDLAW HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2010-03-02➕MUCKLE SECRETARY LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-03-02➕DAVISON, Andrew John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Mark Joseph Anderson Anderson Individual · English · DOB 05/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 30/04/2016 |
Mr Anthony Robert Lawton Individual · English · DOB 07/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 30/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 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
Incorporated2010-03-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
K35 The Avenues Eleventh Avenue North
Team Valley
Gateshead
Tyne And Wear
NE11 0NJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
ANDERSON, Mark Joseph→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2010-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LAWTON, Anthony Robert→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2010-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MUCKLE SECRETARY LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2010-03-02 · resigned 2010-03-23
DAVISON, Andrew John→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2010-03-02 · resigned 2010-03-23
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 29/01/2026 | — | |
| outstanding | Donald Nicholas Vowles | Debenture | 1 property | 23/03/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (58 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-02-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-03-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-22