A.M.P. ROSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03131380 · ltd · incorporated 1995-11-28
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 17.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28930
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, 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

1 live charge · oldest 17.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-12
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2021-10-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2021-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2018-07-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2015-12-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2009-06-10
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    MANN, David Alan Francis appointed
    director
  18. 2008-12-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 1995-12-15
    ➕
    MANN, Paul Vernon appointed
    secretary
  20. 1995-12-15
    ➕
    MANN, Alan appointed
    director
  21. 1995-12-15
    ➕
    MANN, Andrew Howard appointed
    director
  22. 1995-12-15
    ➕
    MANN, Paul Vernon appointed
    director
  23. 1995-12-15
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    C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1995-12-15
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    C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1995-11-28
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    Company incorporated
    As A.M.P. ROSE LIMITED
  26. 1995-11-28
    ➕
    C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1995-11-28
    ➕
    C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Mann
Individual · British · DOB 03/1946 · age 80
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/11/2016
Mr Paul Vernon Mann
Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/11/2016
Mr Andrew Howard Mann
Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/11/2016
Mr David Alan Francis Mann
Individual · British · DOB 08/1977 · age 49
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/11/2016

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
Incorporated1995-11-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28930 — SIC 28930

Registered office

Amp Rose
Somerby Way
Gainsboough
Lincolnshire
DN21 1QT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

MANN, Paul Vernon→
secretary · appointed 1995-12-15
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Active
MANN, Alan→
director · ~80y · appointed 1995-12-15
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Active
MANN, Andrew Howard→
director · ~57y · appointed 1995-12-15
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Active
MANN, David Alan Francis→
director · ~49y · appointed 2009-06-10
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Active
MANN, Paul Vernon→
director · ~59y · appointed 1995-12-15
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Active
C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-11-28 · resigned 1995-12-15
Resigned
C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-11-28 · resigned 1995-12-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property08/12/200812/10/2021

Recent filings (86 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-13