ANCHORAGE GATEWAY (MIDCO) LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
13876887 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-27
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 4.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 60/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 4.4y

60/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Charge age ~4.4 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-18
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2023-10-18
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2023-10-13
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Fortwell Capital Limited
  7. 2023-10-13
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Fortwell Capital Limited
  8. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-02-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2022-03-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2022-03-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2022-03-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2022-03-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2022-03-02
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Fortwell Capital Limited
  16. 2022-03-02
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Fortwell Capital Limited
  17. 2022-03-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Falco Agent Limited
  18. 2022-03-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Falco Agent Limited
  19. 2022-01-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ANCHORAGE GATEWAY (MIDCO) LIMITED
  20. 2022-01-27
    JACOBS, Nicholas Harry appointed
    director
  21. 2022-01-27
    PRIESTLEY, Roderick Charles appointed
    director
  22. 2022-01-27
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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 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 low
6 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Anchorage Gateway (Interco) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Anchorage Gateway (Interco) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ANCHORAGE GATEWAY (MIDCO) LIMITED
This company · 13876887

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Anchorage Gateway (Interco) Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/01/2022

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-01-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

9th Floor 80 Mosley Street
Manchester
England
M2 3FX
England

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 · 0 resigned)

JACOBS, Nicholas Harry
director · ~65y · appointed 2022-01-27
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Active
PRIESTLEY, Roderick Charles
director · ~55y · appointed 2022-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
6
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Fortwell Capital
Fortwell Capital Limited
A registered charge13/10/2023
outstanding
Fortwell Capital
Fortwell Capital Limited
A registered charge13/10/2023
outstanding
Fortwell Capital
Fortwell Capital Limited
A registered charge02/03/2022
outstanding
Fortwell Capital
Fortwell Capital Limited
A registered charge02/03/2022
outstanding
Falco Agent
Falco Agent Limited
A registered charge1 property02/03/2022
outstanding
Falco Agent
Falco Agent Limited
A registered charge02/03/2022
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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-10-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-02-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-03-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-03-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-03-04