ANDERSON VEITCH & COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC325683 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-18
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 16.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£636.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £636,919
Cash YoY
+19%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£252k
↑ 19% YoY
Net Worth
£637k
↑ 2.1% YoY
Current Assets
£1.4m
↓ 3.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£281k£561k£842k£1.1m£1.4mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£645.8k£623.8k
Current assets£1.36M£1.40M
Cash£252.3k£211.3k
Debtors£719.3k£741.1k
Net assets£636.9k£623.8k

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

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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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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  2. 2025-07-03
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  3. 2025-07-03
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  4. 2025-02-28
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  5. 2024-02-29
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  6. 2023-02-28
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  7. 2022-02-28
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  8. 2021-03-01
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  9. 2020-07-02
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  10. 2020-07-01
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  11. 2020-07-01
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  12. 2020-07-01
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  13. 2020-07-01
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  14. 2020-07-01
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-10-18
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  18. 2017-11-30
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    ANDERSON, Gillian resigned
    secretary
  19. 2017-06-01
    ➕
    ANDERSON, David appointed
    director
  20. 2017-06-01
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Gillian appointed
    director
  21. 2017-06-01
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Iain Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2017-06-01
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Paul appointed
    director
  23. 2009-06-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  24. 2007-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDERSON VEITCH & COMPANY LIMITED
  25. 2007-06-18
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Robert John appointed
    director
  26. 2007-06-18
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Gillian appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Paul James Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1985 · age 41
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/06/2018
Mr David Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/06/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Gillian Andersonceased 01/06/2018· 25-50% shares
  • Robert John Andersonceased 01/06/2018· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2007-06-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Russets Lathrisk Road
Newton Of Falkland
Cupar
KY15 7QZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-02
Last: 2025-06-18

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

ANDERSON, David→
director · ~43y · appointed 2017-06-01
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Active
ANDERSON, Gillian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-06-01
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Active
ANDERSON, Iain Michael→
director · ~33y · appointed 2017-06-01
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Active
ANDERSON, Paul→
director · ~41y · appointed 2017-06-01
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Active
ANDERSON, Robert John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2007-06-18
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Active
ANDERSON, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-18 · resigned 2017-11-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Floating charge1 property22/06/2009—
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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-07-02