AMBERARCH LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03055415 · ltd · incorporated 1995-05-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 2 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 (2 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
96 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees1000900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-07-21
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    SMITH, Dorothy resigned
    director
  4. 2025-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-04-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  11. 2020-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-04-14
    ➖
    SMITH, Peter resigned
    director
  18. 2002-06-30
    ➖
    MASON, William resigned
    director
  19. 2002-04-05
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    SMITH, Lindsey Jayne appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-04-05
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    MASON, William resigned
    secretary
  21. 2002-03-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  22. 1998-10-01
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    SMITH, Peter appointed
    director
  23. 1996-04-01
    ➕
    SMITH, Dorothy appointed
    director
  24. 1996-04-01
    ➖
    SMITH, Peter resigned
    director
  25. 1995-06-09
    ➕
    MASON, William appointed
    secretary
  26. 1995-06-09
    ➖
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1995-06-09
    ➕
    MASON, William appointed
    director
  28. 1995-06-09
    ➕
    SMITH, Peter appointed
    director
  29. 1995-06-09
    ➖
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 1995-06-01
    ➕
    SMITH, Lindsey Jayne appointed
    director
  31. 1995-05-11
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    Company incorporated
    As AMBERARCH LIMITED
  32. 1995-05-11
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1995-05-11
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Lindsey Jayne Smith
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-05-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Birtley Business Centre
Birtley Business Centre
Station Lane, Birtley
County Durham
DH3 1QT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-20
Last: 2026-05-06

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

SMITH, Lindsey Jayne→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-05
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Active
SMITH, Lindsey Jayne→
director · ~59y · appointed 1995-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MASON, William→
secretary · appointed 1995-06-09 · resigned 2002-04-05
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-05-11 · resigned 1995-06-09
Resigned
MASON, William→
director · ~71y · appointed 1995-06-09 · resigned 2002-06-30
Resigned
SMITH, Dorothy→
director · ~83y · appointed 1996-04-01 · resigned 2025-07-21
Resigned
SMITH, Peter→
director · ~85y · appointed 1998-10-01 · resigned 2012-04-14
Resigned
SMITH, Peter→
director · ~85y · appointed 1995-06-09 · resigned 1996-04-01
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-05-11 · resigned 1995-06-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property08/03/2002—
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Recent filings (96 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-18