ANN PENRICE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC356848 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-19
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-29
    ➖
    JAMES HAIR GROUP LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  5. 2025-01-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-07
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  10. 2021-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-03-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ANN PENRICE LIMITED
  18. 2009-03-19
    ➕
    PENRICE, Ann Ferguson appointed
    director
  19. 2009-03-19
    ➕
    JAMES HAIR GROUP LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PENRICE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Ann Ferguson Penrice
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-03-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

The Mechanics Workshop
New Lanark
Lanark
ML11 9DB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-21
Last: 2025-05-07

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

PENRICE, Ann Ferguson→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-03-19
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Active
JAMES HAIR GROUP LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-03-19 · resigned 2025-01-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-26
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-29