AMBASSADOR HOLDINGS LTD.

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01991234 · ltd · incorporated 1986-02-19
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.22M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of construction holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
  • 77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 25.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
137 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,221,601
Net assets shrinking
Down £65,151 YoY
Cash YoY
-13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£341k
↓ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↓ 5.1% YoY
Current Assets
£456k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£257k£515k£772k£1.0m£1.3mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.27M£1.33M
Current assets£455.9k£760.6k
Cash£341.2k£394.1k
Debtors£114.8k£184.5k
Net assets£1.22M£1.29M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-14
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-11
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2023-11-11
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-10
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-05
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-08-01
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2016-07-26
    ➕
    MORAN, Nicola Jane appointed
    director
  15. 2016-07-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-07-16
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    Charge satisfied #2
  17. 2016-07-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2010-06-30
    ➖
    DYER, Frederick John resigned
    secretary
  19. 2010-06-30
    ➖
    DYER, Frederick John resigned
    director
  20. 2006-11-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
  21. 2000-11-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
  22. 1999-07-15
    ➖
    MORAN, Patricia resigned
    director
  23. 1996-05-03
    ➖
    MORAN, John Patrick resigned
    director
  24. 1994-01-27
    ➕
    MORAN, John Timothy appointed
    director
  25. 1986-02-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMBASSADOR HOLDINGS LTD.

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
John Moran
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Nicola Jane Moran
Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 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
Incorporated1986-02-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64203 — Activities of construction holding companies

Registered office

4 Reading Road
Pangbourne
Reading
Berkshire
RG8 7LY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-16
Last: 2026-07-02

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MORAN, John Timothy→
director · ~65y · appointed 1994-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORAN, Nicola Jane→
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-07-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DYER, Frederick John→
secretary · resigned 2010-06-30
Resigned
DYER, Frederick John→
director · ~81y · resigned 2010-06-30
Resigned
MORAN, John Patrick→
director · ~99y · resigned 1996-05-03
Resigned
MORAN, Patricia→
director · ~96y · resigned 1999-07-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
Legal charge1 property03/11/200616/07/2016
satisfied
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
Legal charge1 property23/11/200016/07/2016

Recent filings (137 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-11
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-22