ANGELA BEST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07785149 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-23

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£-40.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 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 · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £40,856

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£41k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-28
Total assets	£-20.1k	£-20.1k
Debtors	£44.6k	£44.6k
Net assets	£-40.9k	£-40.9k

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-12
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MILLER, Mark Leslie appointed
director
2026-03-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
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MILLER, Mark Leslie resigned
director
2025-05-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-28
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-10-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-24
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MILLER, Mark Leslie appointed
director
2022-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-19
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MILLER, Mark Leslie resigned
director
2021-06-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2012-01-12
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PRISTINE CONDITION LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2011-12-14
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PRISTINE CONDITION LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2011-09-23
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Company incorporated
As ANGELA BEST LIMITED
2011-09-23
➕
BEST, Angie appointed
secretary
2011-09-23
➕
BEST, Angela Macdonald appointed
director
2011-09-23
➕
MILLER, Mark Leslie appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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 "BEST" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Miller Individual · American · DOB 10/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	24/03/2023
Mrs Angela Macdonald Best Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	23/09/2016

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Mark Leslie Millerceased 11/10/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Mark Leslie Millerceased 22/08/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Mark Leslie Millerceased 26/09/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest

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

Incorporated2011-09-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

9 St. Georges Yard

Farnham

GU9 7LW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-28

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-07

Last: 2025-09-23

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BEST, Angie→

secretary · appointed 2011-09-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BEST, Angela Macdonald→

director · ~74y · appointed 2011-09-23

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Active

MILLER, Mark Leslie→

director · ~64y · appointed 2026-06-12

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Active

MILLER, Mark Leslie→

director · ~64y · appointed 2023-03-24 · resigned 2025-05-30

Resigned

MILLER, Mark Leslie→

director · ~64y · appointed 2011-09-23 · resigned 2021-08-19

Resigned

PRISTINE CONDITION LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2011-12-14 · resigned 2012-01-12

Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-06-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-25

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-05-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-28

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2024-12-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-28

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2023-12-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-10

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-10-10

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2023-10-10

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-10-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-23