ANACARDA LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08252329 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-15
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£180.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20590
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £179,977
Net assets shrinking
Down £29,995 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£180k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£296k
↑ 6.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £181.0k | £210.9k |
| Current assets | £296.2k | £279.5k |
| Net assets | £180.0k | £210.0k |
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 (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-10-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-10-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-10-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-10-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-14➕VAN NEVEL, Eric appointeddirector
- 2015-07-14➖ALLEN, Brian resigneddirector
- 2012-10-15🏢Company incorporatedAs ANACARDA LIMITED
- 2012-10-15➕JONES, Paul Harry appointeddirector
- 2012-10-15➕ALLEN, Brian appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 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 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Eric Van Nevel Individual · Belgian · DOB 12/1954 · age 72 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Paul Harry Jones Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 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
Incorporated2012-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20590 — SIC 20590
Registered office
First Floor, Unit A4 Old Power Way
Lowfields Business Park
Elland
HX5 9DE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
JONES, Paul Harry→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2012-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VAN NEVEL, Eric→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2015-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ALLEN, Brian→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · appointed 2012-10-15 · resigned 2015-07-14
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Recent filings (36 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-29