AMBROSE WOOD AND SON (QUEEN STREET) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01971428 · ltd · incorporated 1985-12-16
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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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
86 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
70
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-05-29
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  3. 2023-06-23
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  4. 2022-09-12
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-07
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2021-12-01
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    WOOD, Edward Joseph Charles appointed
    director
  7. 2021-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-12
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  10. 2018-07-31
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  11. 2017-06-02
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  12. 2016-05-18
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-07-24
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  14. 2015-05-13
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-07-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-05-22
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    WOOD, Jean resigned
    director
  17. 2014-05-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name
    officers · TM01
  18. 2014-03-31
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    WOOD, Edward Joseph Charles appointed
    secretary
  19. 2014-03-31
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    WOOD, Jean resigned
    secretary
  20. 2009-03-16
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    WOOD, Stanley William resigned
    director
  21. 1985-12-16
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    Company incorporated
    As AMBROSE WOOD AND SON (QUEEN STREET) LIMITED

Owner dependency

96/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WOOD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +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

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WOOD, Edward Joseph Charles (same surname) appointed 2021-12-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • 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.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Ancarise Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ancarise Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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AMBROSE WOOD AND SON (QUEEN STREET) LIMITED
This company · 01971428

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ancarise Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares15/07/2016

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
Incorporated1985-12-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Ovenhouse Farm
Henshall Road
Bollington
Macclesfield
SK10 5DN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WOOD, Edward Joseph Charles→
secretary · appointed 2014-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Edward Joseph Charles→
director · ~36y · appointed 2021-12-01
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Active
WOOD, John Charles→
director · ~72y
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Active
WOOD, Jean→
secretary · resigned 2014-03-31
Resigned
WOOD, Jean→
director · ~100y · resigned 2014-05-22
Resigned
WOOD, Stanley William→
director · ~102y · resigned 2009-03-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (86 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
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2025-05-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
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accounts · AA
2024-05-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
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officers · AP01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-11