ANDERSON FLOOR WARMING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC183275 · ltd · incorporated 1998-02-24
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 20.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 20.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
88 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-16📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-03-16🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-04-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-03-01➕ADDISON, Lucy Ann appointeddirector
- 2019-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-08📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-07-13📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2017-07-13📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2005-11-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1999-05-14➕ADDISON, Lucy appointedsecretary
- 1999-05-14➖ANDERSON, Alastair resignedsecretary
- 1998-02-24🏢Company incorporatedAs ANDERSON FLOOR WARMING LIMITED
- 1998-02-24➕ANDERSON, Michael Gordon appointeddirector
- 1998-02-24➕ANDERSON, Alastair appointedsecretary
- 1998-02-24➕REID, Brian appointednominee-secretary
- 1998-02-24➖REID, Brian resignednominee-secretary
- 1998-02-24➕MABBOTT, Stephen appointednominee-director
- 1998-02-24➖MABBOTT, Stephen resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
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.
- +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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Mike Anderson Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 21/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-02-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Registered office
24 Macdowall Street
Paisley
PA3 2NB
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-08
Last: 2026-02-22
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
Active
ADDISON, Lucy Ann→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2020-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ANDERSON, Michael Gordon→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 1998-02-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ANDERSON, Alastair→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-02-24 · resigned 1999-05-14
REID, Brian→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1998-02-24 · resigned 1998-02-24
MABBOTT, Stephen→
Resignednominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1998-02-24 · resigned 1998-02-24
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 29/11/2005 | 16/03/2022 |
Recent filings (88 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-03-02