AMBRIT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01802610 · ltd · incorporated 1984-03-23
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 34.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£1.83M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 62090Other information technology service activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 34.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 34.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
115 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,833,148
Net assets shrinking
Down £32,357 YoY
Cash YoY
+17%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.5m
↑ 17% YoY
Net Worth
£1.8m
↓ 1.7% YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.84M | £1.87M |
| Current assets | £1.74M | £1.76M |
| Cash | £1.46M | £1.25M |
| Debtors | £278.6k | £503.0k |
| Net assets | £1.83M | £1.87M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-09-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-08-29➖WEBB, Barry resigneddirector
- 2019-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2007-06-27➕WEBB, Iris appointedsecretary
- 2006-05-05➖ELLIOTT, Maureen resignedsecretary
- 2006-05-05➖ELLIOTT, Maureen resigneddirector
- 1999-03-12➕WEBB, Iris appointeddirector
- 1998-05-08➖BRACE, Robert resigneddirector
- 1991-12-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1984-03-23🏢Company incorporatedAs AMBRIT LIMITED
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Alun Webb Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Iris Webb Individual · Singaporean · DOB 10/1969 · age 57 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Barry Webbceased 29/08/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development
Registered office
The Friars
82 High Street South
Dunstable
Bedfordshire
LU6 3HD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-06
Last: 2026-06-22
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
ELLIOTT, Maureen→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2006-05-05
BRACE, Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · resigned 1998-05-08
ELLIOTT, Maureen→
Resigneddirector · ~85y · resigned 2006-05-05
WEBB, Barry→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 2019-08-29
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 09/12/1991 | — |
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Recent filings (115 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22