ANTIPODE FOUNDATION LTD

🌳Matureactive

07604241 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2011-04-14

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

£503.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Publishing of learned journals

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (62/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

23 officers (12 active, 23 linked, 22 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

83 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £503,499

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£743k

Net Worth

£503k

Current Assets

£753k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30
Total assets	£503.5k
Current assets	£752.8k
Cash	£742.7k
Debtors	£10.1k
Net assets	£503.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand

2025-11-25
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2025-01-22
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accounts · AA
2025-01-13
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officers · TM01
2024-12-31
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PICKERILL, Jenny, Professor resigned
director
2024-02-02
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accounts · AA
2023-06-06
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officers · AP01
2023-06-01
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WERNER, Marion, Professor appointed
director
2023-02-02
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accounts · AA
2021-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
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officers · AP01
2021-06-01
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SIMONE, Abdoumaliq, Dr appointed
director
2021-05-27
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CHATTERTON, Paul resigned
director
2021-05-27
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GIDWANI, Vinay Krishin, Professor resigned
director
2021-05-27
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WRIGHT, Melissa Webb, Professor resigned
director
2021-05-27
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officers · CH01
2021-05-27
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2021-05-27
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officers · AP01
2021-05-27
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officers · AP01
2021-05-27
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officers · TM01
2021-05-27
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officers · AP01
2021-05-27
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2021-05-27
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2021-05-27
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officers · TM01
2021-05-15
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DAIGLE, Michelle, Dr appointed
director
2021-05-15
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EAVES, Latoya, Dr appointed
director
2021-05-15
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GIESEKING, Jennifer Jack, Dr appointed
director
2021-05-15
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STORY, Brett, Dr appointed
director
2021-05-15
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SUCHET-PEARSON, Sandie, Dr appointed
director
2020-12-23
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accounts · AA
2020-08-20
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officers · AP01
2020-05-01
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THEODORE, Nikolas, Professor appointed
director
2020-04-30
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HEYNEN, Nikolas, Prof. resigned
director
2020-04-30
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LARNER, Wendy Joan, Professor resigned
director
2019-05-01
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JAZEEL, Tariq, Professor appointed
director
2019-05-01
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MCKITTRICK, Katherine, Dr appointed
director
2019-05-01
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PICKERILL, Jenny, Professor appointed
director
2019-04-30
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PECK, Jamie Andrew, Prof. resigned
director
2017-04-20
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CHARI, Sharad, Professor appointed
director
2015-05-15
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CASTREE, Noel, Professor resigned
director
2015-05-15
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WILLS, Jane, Professor resigned
director
2012-04-27
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MCKITTRICK, Katherine, Dr resigned
director
2012-01-01
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MCKITTRICK, Katherine, Dr appointed
director
2011-10-21
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KENT, Andrew Jonathan appointed
secretary
2011-09-13
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PAIN, Rachel Harriet, Professor resigned
director
2011-07-28
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WRIGHT, Melissa Webb, Professor appointed
director
2011-07-05
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CASTREE, Noel, Professor appointed
director
2011-06-29
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PECK, Jamie Andrew, Prof. appointed
director
2011-06-27
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WILLS, Jane, Professor appointed
director
2011-04-14
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Company incorporated
As ANTIPODE FOUNDATION LTD
2011-04-14
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CHATTERTON, Paul appointed
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2011-04-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC58141 — Publishing of learned journals

Registered office

33 Victoria Park Road West

Cardiff

CF5 1FA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-28

Last: 2026-04-14