ANDERSON BROS (VOE) LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC246814 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-31

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.

Why now

Window closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "well run hard buy" recently.

· Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
· Hygiene score: 70 → 90
· Opportunity score: 72 → 80
· Bankability: 65 → 75

Opportunity decay

hardening · 6-months

Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.

· 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

·Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
↑Opportunity score: 72 → 80
↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
↑Bankability: 65 → 75
·Distress / opportunity: attractive → avoid

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£220.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £220,237

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£220k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£107k

↑ 49% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£243.1k	£220.1k
Current assets	£107.0k	£71.9k
Net assets	£220.2k	£196.2k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-11-19
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2020-11-17
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2019-10-02
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2016-04-01
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2015-03-31
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2014-03-31
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2004-12-31
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ANDERSON, David William appointed
secretary
2004-12-31
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ANDERSON, Lorne resigned
secretary
2003-03-31
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Company incorporated
As ANDERSON BROS (VOE) LTD.
2003-03-31
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ANDERSON, Brian Robert appointed
director
2003-03-31
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ANDERSON, David William appointed
director
2003-03-31
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ANDERSON, Lorne appointed
secretary
2003-03-31
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-31
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2003-03-31
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-03-31
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

99/100

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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ANDERSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Brian Robert Anderson Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
David William Anderson Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-03-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Burgins

Lower Voe

Shetland

ZE2 9PX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ANDERSON, David William→

secretary · appointed 2004-12-31

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Active

ANDERSON, Brian Robert→

director · ~60y · appointed 2003-03-31

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Active

ANDERSON, David William→

director · ~64y · appointed 2003-03-31

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Active

ANDERSON, Lorne→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-31 · resigned 2004-12-31

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-31 · resigned 2003-03-31

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-31 · resigned 2003-03-31

Resigned

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