ANTONY BENNETT HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08217751 · ltd · incorporated 2012-09-17
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 13.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), 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 (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.3y
80/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
46 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 102Profitable
Profit before tax £1,436,516
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Profit before tax | £1.44M | — |
| Total assets | — | £16.30M |
| Cash | — | £425 |
| Net assets | — | £13.41M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-04-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-04-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-02-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-02-06➕HUGHES, Louise appointeddirector
- 2025-02-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-02-04➕BENNETT, Oliver Thomas appointeddirector
- 2024-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-11➕BENNETT, Aimee Louise appointeddirector
- 2024-01-15📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AAMD
- 2024-01-15📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-04📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2014-07-16🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2014-06-03🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2013-03-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2012-09-17🏢Company incorporatedAs ANTONY BENNETT HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2012-09-17➕BENNETT, Antony appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BENNETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
23/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BENNETT, Aimee Louise (same surname) appointed 2024-11-11. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Antony Bennett Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 17/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-09-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
The Exchange
5 Bank Street
Bury
BL9 0DN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
BENNETT, Aimee Louise→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2024-11-11
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BENNETT, Antony→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2012-09-17
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BENNETT, Oliver Thomas→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2025-02-04
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HUGHES, Louise→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2025-02-06
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | — | 03/06/2014 | — | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 14/03/2013 | 16/07/2014 |
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Recent filings (46 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-17
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-20
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AAMD
2024-01-15
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AAMD
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18