ANKER OF COATES (ELLINGTON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08678581 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-05
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
29 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£1£1£1Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£1£1
Current assets£1£1
Net assets£1£1

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-10-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-01
    ➖
    WADE, Alex resigned
    secretary
  5. 2024-02-01
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2023-10-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-10
    ➖
    RUPP, John Ferdinand resigned
    director
  10. 2021-05-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-05-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-12-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-09-10
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2013-09-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANKER OF COATES (ELLINGTON) LIMITED
  19. 2013-09-05
    ➕
    LOCKHART, Peter James appointed
    director
  20. 2013-09-05
    ➕
    TURNER, Benjamin Burgess appointed
    director
  21. 2013-09-05
    ➕
    WADE, Alex appointed
    secretary
  22. 2013-09-05
    ➕
    RUPP, John Ferdinand 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 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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 13 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

38 Martineau Lane
Norwich
NR1 2EN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LOCKHART, Peter James→
director · ~64y · appointed 2013-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TURNER, Benjamin Burgess→
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WADE, Alex→
secretary · appointed 2013-09-05 · resigned 2024-02-01
Resigned
RUPP, John Ferdinand→
director · ~74y · appointed 2013-09-05 · resigned 2021-05-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-29