AMBIFLEX LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02316743 · ltd · incorporated 1988-11-14
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£337.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £337,251
Net assets shrinking
Down £17,630 YoY
Cash YoY
+81%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£277k
↑ 81% YoY
Net Worth
£337k
↓ 5.0% YoY
Current Assets
£364k
↓ 7.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£79k£157k£236k£315k£394kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£337.3k£354.9k
Current assets£363.7k£393.5k
Cash£276.5k£153.1k
Debtors£33.3k£190.2k
Net assets£337.3k£354.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-07-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-07-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-12
    ➖
    EYKE, Maurice resigned
    director
  10. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2017-04-04
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  18. 2017-03-31
    ➕
    LUMB, Dorothy Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2017-03-31
    ➖
    KINDER, Jill resigned
    secretary
  20. 2017-03-31
    ➖
    KINDER, Jill resigned
    director
  21. 2017-02-15
    ➕
    LUMB, Dorothy Anne appointed
    director
  22. 2005-04-01
    ➕
    KINDER, Jill appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-04-01
    ➕
    KINDER, Jill appointed
    director
  24. 2005-03-31
    ➖
    EYKE, Rosemary Eva resigned
    secretary
  25. 2005-03-31
    ➖
    EYKE, Nicholas resigned
    director
  26. 2005-03-31
    ➖
    EYKE, Rosemary Eva resigned
    director
  27. 2005-02-01
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  28. 1998-04-01
    ➕
    EYKE, Nicholas appointed
    director
  29. 1996-09-23
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  30. 1988-11-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMBIFLEX LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 73 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 38 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Paul Thomlinson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control14/11/2016

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
Incorporated1988-11-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

12 Attenburys Park Estate, Attenburys Lane
Timperley
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA14 5QE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

LUMB, Dorothy Anne→
secretary · appointed 2017-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LUMB, Dorothy Anne→
director · ~59y · appointed 2017-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMLINSON, Robert Paul→
director · ~73y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EYKE, Rosemary Eva→
secretary · resigned 2005-03-31
Resigned
KINDER, Jill→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2017-03-31
Resigned
EYKE, Maurice→
director · ~94y · resigned 2022-03-12
Resigned
EYKE, Nicholas→
director · ~67y · appointed 1998-04-01 · resigned 2005-03-31
Resigned
EYKE, Rosemary Eva→
director · ~90y · resigned 2005-03-31
Resigned
KINDER, Jill→
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2017-03-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property23/09/199601/02/2005

Recent filings (108 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-27