ANNOTARI LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC373137 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-16
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-34.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Video production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -52% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £34,785
Cash draining
Cash down 52% YoY
Cash YoY
-52%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£532
↓ 52% YoY
Net Worth
-£35k
↓ 58% YoY
Current Assets
£978
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-05 | 2024-04-05 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-34.8k | £-22.1k |
| Current assets | £978 | £1.1k |
| Cash | £532 | £1.1k |
| Debtors | £446 | — |
| Net assets | £-34.8k | £-22.1k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-04✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-07-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-07-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-07-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-07-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-06-30➖TROWER, Margaret West resigneddirector
- 2022-05-09➕TROWER, Andrew Charles appointeddirector
- 2022-05-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-02-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ANNOTARI LIMITED
- 2010-02-16➕TROWER, John Charles appointedsecretary
- 2010-02-16➕TROWER, John Charles appointeddirector
- 2010-02-16➕TROWER, Margaret West appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
29/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — TROWER, Andrew Charles (same surname) appointed 2022-05-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Charles Trower Individual · British · DOB 11/1995 · age 31 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/06/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr John Charles Trowerceased 30/06/2022· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-02-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59112 — Video production activities
Registered office
Fifth Floor St. Vincent Street
319 St Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5RZ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-02
Last: 2026-02-16
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
TROWER, John Charles→
Activesecretary · appointed 2010-02-16
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TROWER, Andrew Charles→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2022-05-09
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TROWER, John Charles→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2010-02-16
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TROWER, Margaret West→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2010-02-16 · resigned 2022-06-30
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Recent filings (49 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-03
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-07-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-04