ANSTEY BOND FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09510218 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-25
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£12.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
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
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 £12,062

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£12k
Current Assets
£47k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£12.1k
Current assets£46.5k
Net assets£12.1k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-06
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  3. 2024-08-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-05
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2021-08-04
    ➕
    DE STEFANO, Vincenzo appointed
    director
  9. 2021-06-18
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2021-06-18
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2020-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  17. 2015-03-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ANSTEY BOND FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
  18. 2015-03-25
    ➕
    ELLIS, Colin 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 65 — 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 65. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Leslie Ellis
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
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
Incorporated2015-03-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

1-2 Charterhouse Mews
London
EC1M 6BB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DE STEFANO, Vincenzo→
director · ~65y · appointed 2021-08-04
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Active
ELLIS, Colin Leslie→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-03-25
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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-01-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-08-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-06-18
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-22