AMBLESIDE (GODALMING) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02403600 · ltd · incorporated 1989-07-12
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£5.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
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
101 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,453

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 1.7% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↑ 7.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£5k£7k£9k£11kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£5.5k£5.4k
Current assets£11.5k£10.6k
Net assets£5.5k£5.4k

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
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-07-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-07-10
    ➕
    BELL, Katie Margaret appointed
    director
  4. 2025-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-03-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-01-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  14. 2019-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-12-31
    ➖
    STEVENS, Mark Jonathan resigned
    director
  18. 2000-01-23
    ➖
    REDSTONE, Robert Valentine resigned
    director
  19. 2000-01-23
    ➕
    STEVENS, Mark Jonathan appointed
    director
  20. 1998-01-25
    ➖
    BIRABEN-LOSSON, Susan Jane resigned
    director
  21. 1998-01-25
    ➕
    REDSTONE, Robert Valentine appointed
    director
  22. 1994-01-19
    ➕
    DAVEY, Gillian Doris appointed
    secretary
  23. 1994-01-19
    ➖
    WALSHE, Caroline Ann resigned
    secretary
  24. 1991-11-19
    ➕
    ASH, Simon Christopher appointed
    director
  25. 1991-11-19
    ➖
    JOLLY, Peter David resigned
    secretary
  26. 1991-11-19
    ➕
    WALSHE, Caroline Ann appointed
    secretary
  27. 1991-11-19
    ➕
    BIRABEN-LOSSON, Susan Jane appointed
    director
  28. 1991-11-19
    ➖
    BRIMACOMBE, Richard resigned
    director
  29. 1991-11-19
    ➖
    JOLLY, Peter David resigned
    director
  30. 1989-07-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMBLESIDE (GODALMING) LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Christopher Ash
Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1989-07-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

2 Ambleside St. Annes Road
Godalming
GU7 1LP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-26
Last: 2026-07-12

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

DAVEY, Gillian Doris→
secretary · appointed 1994-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASH, Simon Christopher→
director · ~63y · appointed 1991-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELL, Katie Margaret→
director · ~35y · appointed 2026-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOLLY, Peter David→
secretary · resigned 1991-11-19
Resigned
WALSHE, Caroline Ann→
secretary · appointed 1991-11-19 · resigned 1994-01-19
Resigned
BIRABEN-LOSSON, Susan Jane→
director · ~73y · appointed 1991-11-19 · resigned 1998-01-25
Resigned
BRIMACOMBE, Richard→
director · ~74y · resigned 1991-11-19
Resigned
JOLLY, Peter David→
director · ~79y · resigned 1991-11-19
Resigned
REDSTONE, Robert Valentine→
director · ~79y · appointed 1998-01-25 · resigned 2000-01-23
Resigned
STEVENS, Mark Jonathan→
director · ~62y · appointed 2000-01-23 · resigned 2013-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (101 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-07-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-22