ANIMUS SERVICES (NORTH WEST) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08006593 · ltd · incorporated 2012-03-26
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialist medical practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400400

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
0
filings
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 (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2023-11-15
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  4. 2022-12-21
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  5. 2022-05-25
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  6. 2022-05-25
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  7. 2022-05-25
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-05-12
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    KUMAR, Abhinav appointed
    director
  9. 2022-05-12
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    KUMAR, Akshaya appointed
    director
  10. 2022-05-12
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    KUMAR, Jayapriya Nirmal appointed
    director
  11. 2021-11-19
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  12. 2021-11-19
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  13. 2021-10-29
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  14. 2020-08-11
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  15. 2019-09-30
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  16. 2018-12-14
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  17. 2018-03-12
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    officers · CH01
  18. 2017-11-07
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  19. 2012-03-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ANIMUS SERVICES (NORTH WEST) LIMITED
  20. 2012-03-26
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    KUMAR, Balasubrahmanyam Nirmal, Prof appointed
    director

Owner dependency

56/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — KUMAR, Abhinav (same surname) appointed 2022-05-12. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Balasubrahmanyam Nirmal Kumar
Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence26/03/2017

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
Incorporated2012-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86220 — Specialist medical practice activities

Registered office

11 Lydford Green
Standish
Wigan
WN6 0ET

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

KUMAR, Abhinav→
director · ~29y · appointed 2022-05-12
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KUMAR, Akshaya→
director · ~34y · appointed 2022-05-12
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KUMAR, Balasubrahmanyam Nirmal, Prof→
director · ~63y · appointed 2012-03-26
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Active
KUMAR, Jayapriya Nirmal→
director · ~61y · appointed 2022-05-12
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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-11-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29