ANGLO-DUTCH ENTERPRISES LTD
🌳Matureactive
07697898 · ltd · incorporated 2011-07-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 9.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-175.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Postal activities under universal service obligation
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 55100Hotels and similar accommodation
- 56101Licenced restaurants
- 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 9.9y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
42 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £175,464
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£4k
Net Worth
-£175k
Current Assets
£8k
Current Liabilities
—
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £467.3k |
| Current assets | £8.1k |
| Cash | £3.8k |
| Debtors | £4.3k |
| Net assets | £-175.5k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-09-28📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-28📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2019-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-01-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2016-09-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2016-08-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2012-03-31➖SHERWOOD-CLARKE, Ruth resignedsecretary
- 2011-09-20➕SHERWOOD-CLARKE, Ruth appointeddirector
- 2011-07-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ANGLO-DUTCH ENTERPRISES LTD
- 2011-07-08➕SHERWOOD-CLARKE, Peter Raymond appointeddirector
- 2011-07-08➕SHERWOOD-CLARKE, Ruth appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
74/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- 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
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 Peter Raymond Sherwood-Clarke Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 02/01/2018 |
Mrs Ruth Sherwood-Clarke Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 02/01/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC53100 — Postal activities under universal service obligation
Registered office
8 Marine Parade, Paignton, Devon
8 Marine Parade
Paignton
Devon
TQ3 2NU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
SHERWOOD-CLARKE, Peter Raymond→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2011-07-08
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SHERWOOD-CLARKE, Ruth→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2011-09-20
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SHERWOOD-CLARKE, Ruth→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-07-08 · resigned 2012-03-31
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/09/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/08/2016 | — |
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Recent filings (42 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-09-29
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-22