ANCHORA BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07679374 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-22
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69201Accounting and auditing activities
  • 70221Financial management
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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, 4 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 (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
30 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,063
Net assets shrinking
Down £140 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£1k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£24k
↓ 53% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£20k£30k£41k£51kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-30
Total assets£7.0k£9.5k
Current assets£23.8k£50.7k
Net assets£1.1k£1.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2024-06-04
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  4. 2023-12-14
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  5. 2022-09-29
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  6. 2022-03-18
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  7. 2021-06-28
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  8. 2020-03-27
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  9. 2019-02-28
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  10. 2017-12-14
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  11. 2017-03-08
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  12. 2016-07-25
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  13. 2016-04-05
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  14. 2015-06-22
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  15. 2014-08-28
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  16. 2014-07-14
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  17. 2011-06-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ANCHORA BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
  18. 2011-06-22
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    SMITH, Emily Louise appointed
    secretary
  19. 2011-06-22
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    HOPLEY-SMITH, Sarah Jane appointed
    director
  20. 2011-06-22
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    SMITH, Keith appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Keith Smith
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
50–75%
—50-75% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2011-06-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

108 Biddulph Road
Mossley
Congleton
Cheshire
CW12 3LY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-02
Last: 2025-06-18

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SMITH, Emily Louise→
secretary · appointed 2011-06-22
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HOPLEY-SMITH, Sarah Jane→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-06-22
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SMITH, Keith→
director · ~69y · appointed 2011-06-22
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Recent filings (30 total)

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2025-07-02
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accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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2024-06-18
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accounts · AA
2024-06-04
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accounts · AA01
2023-12-14
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2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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2022-06-27
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accounts · AA01
2022-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
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2021-06-20
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2020-06-18
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