AMERSHAM (HOLDINGS) LTD.

🌳Matureactive

00266985 · ltd · incorporated 1932-06-14

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (48/100).

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Refinance opportunity

24 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 60.7y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 60.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).

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

Lenders & charges

24 charges (24/24 with lender, 24/24 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

162 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	5	500

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

• 2 officers
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 address
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (74 events)Click to expand

2026-02-26
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SMILLIE, Anne Patricia appointed
secretary
2026-02-26
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KAPILA, Parveen resigned
secretary
2026-02-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-26
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-02-26
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-27
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KAPILA, Parveen resigned
director
2026-01-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-09-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-18
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-16
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move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2022-06-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-16
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-15
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SMILLIE, James resigned
director
2021-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-09-25
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Charge registered #24
Lender: Ubs Ag London Branch
2017-03-20
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Charge satisfied #22
2011-06-28
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Charge satisfied #4
2011-06-28
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Charge satisfied #2
2011-06-23
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Charge satisfied #23
2011-06-23
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Charge satisfied #21
2011-06-23
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Charge satisfied #20
2011-06-23
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Charge satisfied #19
2011-06-23
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Charge satisfied #17
2011-06-23
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Charge satisfied #16
2011-06-23
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Charge satisfied #15
2011-06-23
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Charge satisfied #13
2011-06-23
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Charge satisfied #12
2011-06-23
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Charge satisfied #6
2011-06-23
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Charge satisfied #3
2011-06-23
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Charge satisfied #1
2001-03-31
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SMILLIE, Chloe Ann resigned
director
1998-10-01
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OWEN, Sheena Jane appointed
director
1998-10-01
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SMILLIE, Anne Patricia appointed
director
1998-10-01
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SMILLIE, Elizabeth Dawn appointed
director
1998-10-01
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SMILLIE, Susan Carole appointed
director
1998-10-01
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SMILLIE, Chloe Ann appointed
director
1998-08-10
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Charge registered #23
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1995-10-01
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THE LORD CONSTANTINE, Th Rt Hon resigned
director
1991-10-01
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KAPILA, Parveen appointed
director
1991-04-04
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Charge registered #22
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1990-01-22
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Charge registered #21
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1989-05-25
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Charge satisfied #18
1989-05-25
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Charge satisfied #14

Showing most recent 50 of 74 events

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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

2 med · 1 low

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: KAPILA, Parveen resigned 2026-02-26; KAPILA, Parveen resigned 2026-01-27

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1932-06-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

Connexions

159 Princes Street

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP1 1QJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-22

Last: 2025-11-08