AMBASSADOR WINDOWS AND HOME IMPROVEMENTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01908335 · ltd · incorporated 1985-04-25
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 40.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 40.7y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 40.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
116 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
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| Average employees | 2400 | 2400 |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-03➕PRICE, Oliver William appointedsecretary
- 2025-03-03➖EVANS, Gareth David resignedsecretary
- 2025-03-03➖BEYNON, Michael Brian resigneddirector
- 2025-03-03➖EVANS, Gareth David resigneddirector
- 2025-03-03📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2025-03-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-03📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-03-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-03-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-03-03🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Hope Capital 2 Limited
- 2025-03-03🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Hope Capital 2 Limited
- 2025-03-03🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2025-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-11-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-11-01🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-11-01🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-09-18➕PRICE, Oliver William appointeddirector
- 2024-09-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-11-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-02➖JONES, Stephen Eric resigneddirector
- 2019-12-12➕LEWIS, Robert Niven appointeddirector
- 2009-01-13🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1995-04-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1985-10-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1985-04-25🏢Company incorporatedAs AMBASSADOR WINDOWS AND HOME IMPROVEMENTS LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
The Business Venture Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
The Business Venture Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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AMBASSADOR WINDOWS AND HOME IMPROVEMENTS LIMITED
This company · 01908335
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Business Venture Group Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest | 03/03/2025 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Robert Niven Lewisceased 03/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Gareth David Evansceased 03/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Michael Brian Beynonceased 03/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1985-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 8 Heol Gors
Dafen
Llanelli
SA14 8QR
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
PRICE, Oliver William→
Activesecretary · appointed 2025-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEWIS, Robert Niven→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2019-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PRICE, Oliver William→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2024-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EVANS, Gareth David→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2025-03-03
BEYNON, Michael Brian→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · resigned 2025-03-03
EVANS, Gareth David→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · resigned 2025-03-03
JONES, Stephen Eric→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · resigned 2020-06-02
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Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Hope Capital 2 Hope Capital 2 Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 03/03/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Hope Capital 2 Hope Capital 2 Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 03/03/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 13/01/2009 | 03/03/2025 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Charge over credit balances | 1 property | 27/04/1995 | 01/11/2024 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 2 properties | 31/10/1985 | 01/11/2024 |
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Recent filings (116 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-03-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-03-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-12