ANCHORAGE CAPITAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08768478 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-08
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
34 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30

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 (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-08-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2016-06-15
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  15. 2015-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-11-09
    ➕
    HORN, Ancel Dan, Dr. appointed
    director
  17. 2013-11-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ANCHORAGE CAPITAL LIMITED
  18. 2013-11-08
    ➕
    FRANCIS, Paul Leslie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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 88 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 88 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 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Leslie Francis
Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-11-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

11 School Road
Tivetshall St. Margaret
Norwich
NR15 2BL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-26
Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FRANCIS, Paul Leslie→
director · ~76y · appointed 2013-11-08
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Active
HORN, Ancel Dan, Dr.→
director · ~88y · appointed 2013-11-09
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Recent filings (34 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-12