ANHOW LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09435139 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-11
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 Feb 2026
Net worth
£5.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46439
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47540Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). 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, 2 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
28 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 £5,009
Net assets shrinking
Down £428 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
↓ 7.9% YoY
Current Assets
£15k
↑ 72% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£6k£9k£12k£15kFeb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28
Total assets£6.5k£6.9k
Current assets£14.9k£8.7k
Net assets£5.0k£5.4k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-03-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-02-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ANHOW LIMITED
  17. 2015-02-11
    ➕
    LAWTON, Howard Charles appointed
    director
  18. 2015-02-11
    ➕
    MCNEIL, Andrew 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 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 69. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Mcneil
Individual · British · DOB 08/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Howard Charles Lawton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2015-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46439 — SIC 46439

Registered office

Wrancarr Mill Wrancarr Lane
Trumfleet
Doncaster
West Yorkshire
DN6 0DP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last: 2026-02-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LAWTON, Howard Charles→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-02-11
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Active
MCNEIL, Andrew→
director · ~52y · appointed 2015-02-11
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Active

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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-10