A.M. ROBB LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02209376 · ltd · incorporated 1987-12-30
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 28.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£833.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20412
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), 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. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 28.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 28.0 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 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
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £833,708
Cash YoY
-7%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£482k
↓ 6.6% YoY
Net Worth
£834k
↑ 3.4% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 1.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £847.4k | £808.0k |
| Current assets | £1.07M | £1.06M |
| Cash | £482.2k | £516.0k |
| Debtors | £320.7k | £296.3k |
| Net assets | £833.7k | £806.2k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
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
- 2025-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-12-15➖ROBB, Anthony Montagu resigneddirector
- 2023-08-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-19📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2002-08-23➕ATKINS, Mark appointeddirector
- 2002-08-23➕LOCK, Julie appointeddirector
- 2002-08-23➕OSBORNE, Richard John Edmund appointeddirector
- 2002-08-15➕LOCK, Julie appointedsecretary
- 2002-08-15➖ROBB, Julia resignedsecretary
- 1999-02-08🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1999-02-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1998-04-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1987-12-30🏢Company incorporatedAs A.M. ROBB LIMITED
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Anthony Montagu Robb Individual · Canadian · DOB 04/1931 · age 95 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-12-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20412 — SIC 20412
Registered office
Tone Industrial Estate,
Milverton Road
Wellington
Somerset
TA21 0AN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
ATKINS, Mark→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2002-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSBORNE, Richard John Edmund→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2002-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROBB, Julia→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2002-08-15
ROBB, Anthony Montagu→
Resigneddirector · ~95y · resigned 2023-12-15
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 08/02/1999 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 08/02/1999 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 30/04/1998 | — |
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Recent filings (114 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-03-19