AN DEW LTD

🌳Matureactive
07599105 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-11
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£18.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90010Performing arts
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (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: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 3 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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £18,403
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£18k
↑ 1338% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↑ 57% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£1k£2k£6k£10k£14k£18kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£34.7k£10.5k
Current assets£9.0k£5.7k
Net assets£18.4k£-1.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-06
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-08-01
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    MCKERRON, Nicholas appointed
    director
  5. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-09
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  7. 2021-09-06
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  8. 2021-01-13
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  9. 2019-10-07
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  10. 2018-10-18
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-14
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  14. 2015-09-04
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-12-03
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  17. 2011-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As AN DEW LTD
  18. 2011-04-11
    ➕
    MCKERRON, Lisa Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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 Lisa Anne Mckerron
Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Nicholas Mckerron
Individual · British · DOB 09/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

6 Trevithick Close
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 1RZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-25
Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCKERRON, Lisa Anne→
director · ~54y · appointed 2011-04-11
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Active
MCKERRON, Nicholas→
director · ~55y · appointed 2024-08-01
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Active

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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-07