ANKER STUY COATINGS UK LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11790639 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-28
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20301
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 4.2y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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 (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-04📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AAMD
- 2025-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-25📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-09-25🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-09-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-09-19🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Abn Amro Asset Based Finance N.V.
- 2024-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-04-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Abn Amro Asset Based Finance N.V.
- 2022-01-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-13➖VISTRA COSEC LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2019-01-28🏢Company incorporatedAs ANKER STUY COATINGS UK LIMITED
- 2019-01-28➕STUIJ, Armand Adriaan appointeddirector
- 2019-01-28➕STUIJ, Emile Raimond Victor appointeddirector
- 2019-01-28➕VISTRA COSEC LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 signalLimited 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Armand Adriaan Stuij Individual · Dutch · DOB 10/1982 · age 44 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 28/01/2019 |
Emile Raimond Victor Stuij Individual · Dutch · DOB 02/1985 · age 41 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 28/01/2019 |
Rob Ronald Marcel Stuij Individual · Dutch · DOB 08/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 28/01/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-01-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20301 — SIC 20301
Registered office
25 & 26 Alpha Business Park
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE3 8AF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
STUIJ, Armand Adriaan→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2019-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STUIJ, Emile Raimond Victor→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2019-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VISTRA COSEC LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2019-01-28 · resigned 2020-03-13
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Abn Amro Asset Based Finance N.V. | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/09/2024 | — | |
| satisfied | Abn Amro Asset Based Finance N.V. | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/04/2022 | 25/09/2024 |
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Recent filings (31 total)
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AAMD
2026-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-09-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-16