AMOEBA LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02671948 · ltd · incorporated 1991-12-17
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 32.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.9y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 32.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
102 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-01-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-02📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-07📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-07-07🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-02-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2017-11-06🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2013-01-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2012-08-20➕NESS, Robert James appointedsecretary
- 2012-07-06➖MITCHELL, Michael Cyril resignedsecretary
- 1998-04-01➖MAGUIRE, Rebecca Susan Elisabeth resignedsecretary
- 1998-04-01➕MITCHELL, Michael Cyril appointedsecretary
- 1993-08-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1991-12-17🏢Company incorporatedAs AMOEBA LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 80 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 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 35 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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 Owen Clifford Nye Individual · British · DOB 11/1946 · age 80 | 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.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-12-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
2 Ivel Road
Shefford
SG17 5JU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
NESS, Robert James→
Activesecretary · appointed 2012-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
MAGUIRE, Rebecca Susan Elisabeth→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1998-04-01
MITCHELL, Michael Cyril→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-04-01 · resigned 2012-07-06
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee & debenture | 1 property | 09/01/2013 | 07/07/2020 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 12/08/1993 | 06/11/2017 |
Recent filings (102 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12