ANCO CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10087355 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-29
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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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

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 (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
25 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-05
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-05
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-11-05
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-30
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    address · AD01
  10. 2021-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-04
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    officers · AP03
  14. 2018-01-02
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ANCO CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  16. 2016-03-29
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    CROWE, Anne Marie appointed
    secretary
  17. 2016-03-29
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    CROWE, Anne Marie appointed
    director
  18. 2016-03-29
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    MCREAVIE, Colin William appointed
    director
  19. 2016-03-29
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. 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 Colin William Mcreavie
Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Miss Anne Marie Crowe
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 South Street
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 3NJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CROWE, Anne Marie→
secretary · appointed 2016-03-29
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CROWE, Anne Marie→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-03-29
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MCREAVIE, Colin William→
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-03-29
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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09