ANVIL COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC236256 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-02
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£8.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,586

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£9k
Current Assets
£11k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-30
Total assets£8.6k
Current assets£10.9k
Net assets£8.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-07-10
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    HASLER, Marianne appointed
    director
  6. 2022-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2021-03-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-03-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2021-03-14
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    HASLER, Marianne resigned
    secretary
  12. 2021-03-14
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    HASLER, Marianne resigned
    director
  13. 2021-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2003-03-01
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    HASLER, Marianne appointed
    director
  20. 2002-09-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ANVIL COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED
  21. 2002-09-02
    ➕
    HASLER, Anthony Gerald appointed
    director
  22. 2002-09-02
    ➕
    HASLER, Marianne appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-09-02
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-09-02
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Gerald Hasler
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares02/09/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Marianne Haslerceased 14/03/2021· 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
Incorporated2002-09-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

3 St Davids Business Park
Dalgety Bay
Dunfermline
KY11 9PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HASLER, Anthony Gerald→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HASLER, Marianne→
director · ~72y · appointed 2023-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HASLER, Marianne→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-02 · resigned 2021-03-14
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-02 · resigned 2002-09-02
Resigned
HASLER, Marianne→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-03-01 · resigned 2021-03-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-03-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-24