ANTICUUS PARTNERS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09548140 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-17
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
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-15
    FERNANDES, Pedro Miguel Cipriano appointed
    director
  3. 2025-01-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-01-15
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2025-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-26
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2021-01-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-30
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2019-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-01-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-01-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-01-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2019-01-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2018-09-20
    FERNANDES, Natalie appointed
    director
  20. 2018-09-20
    FERNANDES, Pedro Miguel Cipriano resigned
    director
  21. 2015-04-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANTICUUS PARTNERS LTD
  22. 2015-04-17
    FERNANDES, Pedro Miguel Cipriano appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-01-15: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Natalie Fernandes
Individual · British · DOB 05/1983 · age 43
2550%
25-50% shares24/03/2017
Mr Pedro Miguel Cipriano Fernandes
Individual · British · DOB 09/1976 · age 50
2550%
25-50% shares24/03/2017

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
Incorporated2015-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

14 Southcourt Road
Linsdale
Leighton Buzzard
LU7 2QF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

FERNANDES, Natalie
director · ~43y · appointed 2018-09-20
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Active
FERNANDES, Pedro Miguel Cipriano
director · ~50y · appointed 2025-01-15
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Active
FERNANDES, Pedro Miguel Cipriano
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-04-17 · resigned 2018-09-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-15
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-26