A N BREEDING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08652307 · ltd · incorporated 2013-08-15
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-5.35M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
44 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 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,347,731

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£205k
Net Worth
-£5.3m
Current Assets
£2.0m
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Total assets£2.35M
Current assets£2.01M
Cash£205.0k
Debtors£131.1k
Net assets£-5.35M

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 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-09-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-09-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-12
    ➖
    KOLIND, Mikael resigned
    director
  11. 2020-06-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-11-18
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2019-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-09-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2018-08-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2018-08-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2015-11-30
    ➕
    AANENSEN, Arne Dag appointed
    director
  20. 2015-11-30
    ➕
    LONGEM, Jorn Arve appointed
    director
  21. 2015-11-30
    ➖
    FUNNELL, William Ross Norman resigned
    director
  22. 2015-11-30
    ➕
    KOLIND, Mikael appointed
    director
  23. 2013-08-15
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    Company incorporated
    As A N BREEDING LIMITED
  24. 2013-08-15
    ➕
    FUNNELL, William Ross Norman appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jorn Arve Longem
Individual · Norwegian · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest06/04/2016
Mr Arne Dag Aanensen
Individual · Norwegian · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Mikael Kolind
Individual · Danish · DOB 03/1977 · age 49
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-08-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430

Registered office

The Old Stables Sutton Manor Farm
Bishop's Sutton
Alresford
Hampshire
SO24 0AA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

AANENSEN, Arne Dag→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONGEM, Jorn Arve→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FUNNELL, William Ross Norman→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-08-15 · resigned 2015-11-30
Resigned
KOLIND, Mikael→
director · ~49y · appointed 2015-11-30 · resigned 2020-06-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-21