AMBA HYDRAULICS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02413739 · ltd · incorporated 1989-08-16
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 36.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2026
Net worth
£2.07M
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 36.6y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 36.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 33/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £2,067,091
Cash YoY
+31%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£960k
↑ 31% YoY
Net Worth
£2.1m
↑ 33% YoY
Current Assets
£2.4m
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2026-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.10M | £1.57M |
| Current assets | £2.37M | £1.89M |
| Cash | £959.6k | £730.3k |
| Debtors | £1.26M | £1.01M |
| Net assets | £2.07M | £1.56M |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-12-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-12-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-12-04📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-12-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-12-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-12-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-12-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-12-01➕FINCH, Peter appointeddirector
- 2023-12-01➕GOODEY, Lee appointeddirector
- 2023-12-01➕NEWTON, Mark John appointeddirector
- 2023-12-01➕PAYN, Craig Derek appointeddirector
- 2023-12-01➖PAYN, David John resignedsecretary
- 2023-12-01➖MAJOR, Anthony David resigneddirector
- 2023-12-01➖PAYN, David John resigneddirector
- 2023-12-01📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-12-01🔒Charge registered #4Lender: David Payn
- 2023-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2013-08-16🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2012-12-10🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2012-12-10🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1996-04-30🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1996-04-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1989-12-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1989-08-16🏢Company incorporatedAs AMBA HYDRAULICS LIMITED
Owner dependency
40/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Amba Hydraulics Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Amba Hydraulics Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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AMBA HYDRAULICS LIMITED
This company · 02413739
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Amba Hydraulics Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 01/12/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr David John Paynceased 01/12/2023· board control
- Mr Anthony David Majorceased 01/12/2023· board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-08-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
12 High Street
Stanford-Le-Hope
SS17 0EY
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-01
Last: 2025-07-18
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
FINCH, Peter→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2023-12-01
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Active
NEWTON, Mark John→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2023-12-01
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PAYN, Craig Derek→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2023-12-01
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PAYN, David John→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2023-12-01
MAJOR, Anthony David→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · resigned 2023-12-01
PAYN, David John→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · resigned 2023-12-01
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | David Payn / Patricia Payn / Anthony Major / Angela Major | A registered charge | — | 01/12/2023 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 30/04/1996 | 16/08/2013 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 30/04/1996 | 10/12/2012 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 21/12/1989 | 10/12/2012 |
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Recent filings (110 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-12-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-04