AMPORT AND DISTRICT COACHES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03315320 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-07

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 29.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45190

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

49390SIC 49390

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). 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 29.1y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 29.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

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	1400	1400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-03-28
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accounts · AA
2024-03-27
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accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts · AA
2022-03-31
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accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts · AA
2021-03-16
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officers · CH03
2021-03-16
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
2021-03-16
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address · AD01
2019-12-17
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accounts · AA
2019-06-19
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2019-06-19
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2018-12-22
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accounts · AA
2018-01-04
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2011-05-21
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Charge satisfied #1
1997-05-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1997-03-27
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TEDD, Ann Marie appointed
secretary
1997-03-27
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TEDD, Ann Marie appointed
director
1997-03-27
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TEDD, Nigel Brian appointed
director
1997-03-27
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TEDD, Philip John appointed
director
1997-03-27
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-03-27
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CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED resigned
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1997-02-07
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Company incorporated
As AMPORT AND DISTRICT COACHES LIMITED
1997-02-07
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
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1997-02-07
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CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED appointed
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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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — 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 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

Group structure

Weyhill Developments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Weyhill Developments Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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AMPORT AND DISTRICT COACHES LIMITED

This company · 03315320

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
Weyhill Developments Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	21/05/2019

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Ann Marie Teddceased 21/05/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Philip John Teddceased 21/05/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated1997-02-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

The Paddock Amesbury Road

Weyhill

Andover

SP11 8ED

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

TEDD, Ann Marie→

secretary · appointed 1997-03-27

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Active

TEDD, Ann Marie→

director · ~86y · appointed 1997-03-27

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Active

TEDD, Nigel Brian→

director · ~63y · appointed 1997-03-27

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Active

TEDD, Philip John→

director · ~89y · appointed 1997-03-27

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Active

CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-07 · resigned 1997-03-27

Resigned

CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-02-07 · resigned 1997-03-27

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	12/05/1997	21/05/2011