AMBION CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03027094 · ltd · incorporated 1995-02-28
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£206.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
78 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
80
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £206,309
Net assets shrinking
Down £37,466 YoY
Cash YoY
+115%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£726k
↑ 115% YoY
Net Worth
£206k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£824k
↑ 2.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£165k£330k£495k£660k£824kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£206.3k£243.8k
Current assets£824.4k£807.6k
Cash£726.3k£337.9k
Debtors£45.3k£329.5k
Net assets£206.3k£243.8k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-23
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  2. 2026-05-06
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2026-05-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-05-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-05-06
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2026-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2018-04-23
    ➕
    GAULD, Sylvia appointed
    director
  17. 2017-09-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2012-05-10
    ➖
    EADES, Matthew resigned
    director
  19. 1995-02-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMBION CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  20. 1995-02-28
    ➕
    SIMPKINS, Andrew George appointed
    secretary
  21. 1995-02-28
    ➕
    SIMPKINS, Andrew George appointed
    director
  22. 1995-02-28
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1995-02-28
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1995-02-28
    ➕
    EADES, Matthew appointed
    director
  25. 1995-02-28
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1995-02-28
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 68. 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Andrew George Simpkins
Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68
75–100%
25–50%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Units 1 And 2 Field View Baynards Green Business Park
Baynards Green
Bicester
Oxfordshire
OX27 7SG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-14
Last: 2025-08-31

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SIMPKINS, Andrew George→
secretary · appointed 1995-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GAULD, Sylvia→
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMPKINS, Andrew George→
director · ~68y · appointed 1995-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-02-28 · resigned 1995-02-28
Resigned
EADES, Matthew→
director · ~64y · appointed 1995-02-28 · resigned 2012-05-10
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-02-28 · resigned 1995-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-05-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02