ANNA EDWARDS SPORT HORSES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07395026 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-04
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of racehorse owners
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
48 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2017-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-11-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-10-04
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  16. 2017-06-01
    ➕
    WELCH COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2017-06-01
    ➖
    WELCH PAYROLL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2017-06-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2014-04-02
    ➖
    WELCH OFFICIUM LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2014-04-02
    ➕
    WELCH PAYROLL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2010-10-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANNA EDWARDS SPORT HORSES LIMITED
  22. 2010-10-04
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Susan Jane appointed
    director
  23. 2010-10-04
    ➕
    POWER, Anna appointed
    director
  24. 2010-10-04
    ➕
    WELCH OFFICIUM LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

98/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "EDWARDS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Susan Jane Edwards
Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control05/10/2016
Mrs Anna Power
Individual · British · DOB 04/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control05/10/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-10-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93191 — Activities of racehorse owners

Registered office

2 Drake House
Cook Way
Taunton
Somerset
TA2 6BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WELCH COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2017-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDWARDS, Susan Jane→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POWER, Anna→
director · ~42y · appointed 2010-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WELCH OFFICIUM LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-10-04 · resigned 2014-04-02
Resigned
WELCH PAYROLL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-04-02 · resigned 2017-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-25