ANKEMA LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC622735 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-27

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£-1.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

15 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£1k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£-1.1k	£-890
Net assets	£-1.1k	£-890

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

filings

• 1 miscellaneous
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 miscellaneous
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand

2026-04-02
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legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2025-10-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-02-27
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Company incorporated
As ANKEMA LIMITED
2019-02-27
➕
LAURENSON, Gillian Margaret appointed
director
2019-02-27
➕
LAURENSON, Lindsay appointed
director
2019-02-27
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Gillian Margaret Laurenson Individual · British · DOB 09/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	27/02/2019
Mr Lindsay Laurenson Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	27/02/2019

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

Incorporated2019-02-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Nordlys East Voe

Scalloway

Shetland

ZE1 0US

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-12

Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LAURENSON, Gillian Margaret→

director · ~53y · appointed 2019-02-27

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Active

LAURENSON, Lindsay→

director · ~53y · appointed 2019-02-27

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Active

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Recent filings (15 total)

legacy

miscellaneous · RPCH01

2026-04-02

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-03