ANTHOUSE LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC529112 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-09

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£5.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,937

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,931 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£6k

↓ 25% YoY

Current Assets

£50k

↑ 3.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£215.2k	£217.1k
Current assets	£49.7k	£48.2k
Net assets	£5.9k	£7.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-02-16
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CHOI, Ma Kiu resigned
director
2026-02-16
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officers · TM01
2025-12-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-15
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officers · AP01
2019-08-12
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accounts · AA
2019-08-08
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CHOI, Ma Kiu appointed
director
2018-08-08
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accounts · AA
2018-06-19
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2017-12-06
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accounts · AA
2017-02-02
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address · AD01
2016-03-09
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Company incorporated
As ANTHOUSE LTD
2016-03-09
➕
CHOI, Yan Ming appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Yan Ming Choi Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-03-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

32 Goldsmith Avenue

Hamilton

South Lanarkshire

ML3 7GT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-08

Last: 2026-02-22

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

CHOI, Yan Ming→

director · ~57y · appointed 2016-03-09

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Active

CHOI, Ma Kiu→

director · ~56y · appointed 2019-08-08 · resigned 2026-02-16

Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-06

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-02-16

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-12-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-08-12

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-07-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-07-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-07-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-10-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-12-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-02-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-12-07