ANCHOR WELL LTD

🌳Matureactive
08424659 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-28
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£366.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 12.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
50 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £366,725
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,219,927 YoY
Cash YoY
+35%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£48k
↑ 35% YoY
Net Worth
£367k
↓ 77% YoY
Current Assets
£538k
↓ 72% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£379k£759k£1.1m£1.5m£1.9mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£536.0k£1.77M
Current assets£537.9k£1.90M
Cash£48.1k£35.7k
Debtors£489.7k£1.86M
Net assets£366.7k£1.59M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    capital · SH08
  3. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-14
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    JONES, Harvey David Hugh appointed
    director
  9. 2020-07-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2019-11-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2019-08-23
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2019-08-13
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-08-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-08-07
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    JONES, Jacqueline Eileen appointed
    director
  16. 2019-08-07
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    JONES, Harold Glyn resigned
    director
  17. 2019-04-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-04-02
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2019-03-31
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    EDWARDS, Endaf resigned
    secretary
  20. 2019-03-31
    ➖
    EDWARDS, Endaf Vincent Hugh resigned
    director
  21. 2019-01-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2018-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  23. 2018-05-31
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    Charge satisfied #2
  24. 2018-05-31
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    Charge satisfied #1
  25. 2014-03-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  26. 2014-02-20
    ➕
    JONES, David Hugh appointed
    director
  27. 2014-02-20
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Endaf appointed
    secretary
  28. 2014-02-20
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Endaf Vincent Hugh appointed
    director
  29. 2014-02-20
    ➕
    JONES, Harold Glyn appointed
    director
  30. 2014-02-20
    ➖
    JONES, Jacqueline Eileen resigned
    director
  31. 2014-02-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  32. 2013-02-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ANCHOR WELL LTD
  33. 2013-02-28
    ➕
    JONES, Jacqueline Eileen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)

Group structure

Watersedge Family Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Watersedge Family Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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ANCHOR WELL LTD
This company · 08424659

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David High Jones
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
50–75%
—50-75% shares30/06/2016
Watersedge Family Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/08/2019

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
Incorporated2013-02-28
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Plas Hyfryd Hotel
Moorfield Road
Narberth
Pembrokeshire
SA67 7AB
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

JONES, David Hugh→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Harvey David Hugh→
director · ~23y · appointed 2020-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Jacqueline Eileen→
director · ~50y · appointed 2019-08-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDWARDS, Endaf→
secretary · appointed 2014-02-20 · resigned 2019-03-31
Resigned
EDWARDS, Endaf Vincent Hugh→
director · ~52y · appointed 2014-02-20 · resigned 2019-03-31
Resigned
JONES, Harold Glyn→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-02-20 · resigned 2019-08-07
Resigned
JONES, Jacqueline Eileen→
director · ~50y · appointed 2013-02-28 · resigned 2014-02-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property26/03/201431/05/2018
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property18/02/201431/05/2018

Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-05