AMBUSKILL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

02269661 · ltd · incorporated 1988-06-21

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49390

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 82). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 34.3y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 34.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

99 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-07-03
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2022-07-13
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2021-08-12
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2020-08-20
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2019-07-16
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2019-02-05
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accounts · AA
2018-06-09
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gazette · DISS40
2018-06-07
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accounts · AA
2018-06-05
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gazette · GAZ1
2017-03-29
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accounts · AA
2016-03-30
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accounts · AA
2016-03-03
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2015-08-21
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OWEN, Stanley John appointed
secretary
2015-08-21
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OWEN, Stanley John appointed
director
2015-08-21
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SLACK, Joan resigned
secretary
2015-08-21
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SLACK, Joan resigned
director
2015-08-21
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SLACK, William George resigned
director
2000-12-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2000-01-01
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SLACK, George William resigned
director
1998-06-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1994-12-16
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MORRIS, Darren Matthew resigned
director
1992-02-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1988-06-21
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Company incorporated
As AMBUSKILL LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

clean

No 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 Stanley John Owen Individual · British · DOB 07/1944 · age 82	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1988-06-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

Lion House 72 Chapel Street

Netherton

Dudley

West Midlands

DY2 9PN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

OWEN, Stanley John→

secretary · appointed 2015-08-21

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Active

OWEN, Stanley John→

director · ~82y · appointed 2015-08-21

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Active

SLACK, Joan→

secretary · resigned 2015-08-21

Resigned

MORRIS, Darren Matthew→

director · ~60y · resigned 1994-12-16

Resigned

SLACK, George William→

director · ~102y · resigned 2000-01-01

Resigned

SLACK, Joan→

director · ~78y · resigned 2015-08-21

Resigned

SLACK, William George→

director · ~79y · resigned 2015-08-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	Debenture deed	1 property	29/06/1998	—
	satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Mortgage debenture	1 property	27/02/1992	06/12/2000

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