ANANTA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09645674 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-18
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£230.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46460
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 62090Other information technology service activities
- 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). 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, 3 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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £230,477
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£230k
↑ 163% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↑ 140% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £230.5k | £87.6k |
| Current assets | £17.2k | £7.2k |
| Net assets | £230.5k | £87.6k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
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 (16 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-05-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-05-10📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2022-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-12📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2015-06-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ANANTA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
- 2015-06-18➕BASU, Animesh appointeddirector
- 2015-06-18➕BASU, Tapti appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Tapti Basu Individual · Indian · DOB 03/1958 · age 68 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 10/05/2022 |
Mr Animesh Basu Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 10/05/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-06-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46460 — SIC 46460
Registered office
11 Hampden Close Upper Cambourne
Cambridge
CB23 6AW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BASU, Animesh→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2015-06-18
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Active
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Recent filings (29 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-12
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-10