ANGLIA CATHODIC HOLDING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10059369 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-12
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
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 82). 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
38 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.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees20

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
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-10-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2023-10-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-05-06
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2021-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2021-01-28
    ➖
    BAILEY, Patricia Joy resigned
    director
  16. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-05-12
    ➕
    BAILEY, Kay Patricia appointed
    director
  19. 2016-05-12
    ➕
    BAILEY, Patricia Joy appointed
    director
  20. 2016-05-12
    ➖
    PATRICIA, Bailey resigned
    director
  21. 2016-05-12
    ➖
    PATRICIA, Kay resigned
    director
  22. 2016-03-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANGLIA CATHODIC HOLDING LIMITED
  23. 2016-03-12
    ➕
    BAILEY, Robin Edward appointed
    director
  24. 2016-03-12
    ➕
    PATRICIA, Bailey appointed
    director
  25. 2016-03-12
    ➕
    PATRICIA, Kay appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 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

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
Miss Kay Patricia Bailey
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control22/09/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robin Edward Baileyceased 22/09/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2016-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 1 Meadow View Industrial Estate Reach Road
Burwell
Cambridge
CB25 0GH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BAILEY, Kay Patricia→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAILEY, Robin Edward→
director · ~82y · appointed 2016-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAILEY, Patricia Joy→
director · ~82y · appointed 2016-05-12 · resigned 2021-01-28
Resigned
PATRICIA, Bailey→
director · ~82y · appointed 2016-03-12 · resigned 2016-05-12
Resigned
PATRICIA, Kay→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-03-12 · resigned 2016-05-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09