ANDERSON BUTCHERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC268128 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-19
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.6y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 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
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees22002800

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
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Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
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  2. 2025-02-05
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  3. 2025-02-05
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    Charge satisfied #2
  4. 2024-04-24
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  5. 2023-03-31
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  6. 2022-06-16
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  7. 2021-07-02
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  8. 2020-07-21
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  9. 2019-11-09
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  10. 2019-11-05
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  11. 2019-11-02
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  12. 2019-10-30
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    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2019-10-28
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  14. 2019-10-22
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  15. 2019-08-22
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  16. 2018-07-06
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  17. 2017-08-07
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  18. 2017-07-29
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  19. 2017-07-20
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    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2017-07-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  21. 2017-06-02
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  22. 2014-12-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2014-10-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2012-09-13
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    ANDERSON, Elisabeth Marina Lillian resigned
    director
  25. 2012-09-13
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    ANDERSON, John Wilfred Sinclair resigned
    director
  26. 2008-07-24
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    ANDERSON, Rhona Sinclair appointed
    director
  27. 2008-07-24
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    ANDERSON, Elisabeth Marina Lillian appointed
    director
  28. 2004-05-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDERSON BUTCHERS LIMITED
  29. 2004-05-19
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    ANDERSON, Ian Anthony appointed
    secretary
  30. 2004-05-19
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    ANDERSON, Ian Anthony appointed
    director
  31. 2004-05-19
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2004-05-19
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2004-05-19
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    ANDERSON, John Wilfred Sinclair appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 68. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Anthony Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Rhona Sinclair Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
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
Incorporated2004-05-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

Westby, 64 West High Street
Forfar
Tayside
DD8 1BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-02
Last: 2025-05-19

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ANDERSON, Ian Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-19
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Active
ANDERSON, Ian Anthony→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-05-19
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Active
ANDERSON, Rhona Sinclair→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-07-24
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-19 · resigned 2004-05-19
Resigned
ANDERSON, Elisabeth Marina Lillian→
director · ~89y · appointed 2008-07-24 · resigned 2012-09-13
Resigned
ANDERSON, John Wilfred Sinclair→
director · ~89y · appointed 2004-05-19 · resigned 2012-09-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property28/10/2019—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property22/10/2019—
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
A registered charge—20/07/2017—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property03/12/201405/02/2025
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—01/10/2014—
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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-19
mortgage-alter-charge-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR07
2019-11-09
mortgage-alter-charge-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR07
2019-11-05