AMDEGA BRANDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03482892 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-18
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46460
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
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.

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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees2400

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-11-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-05-22
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    REYNOLDS, Stuart James appointed
    director
  11. 2020-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-11-03
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2010-10-01
    ➕
    REYNOLDS, Helen appointed
    director
  18. 2010-10-01
    ➖
    MANCHANDA, Sonal resigned
    director
  19. 2010-01-23
    ➖
    REYNOLDS, Stuart James resigned
    secretary
  20. 2009-10-01
    ➕
    MANCHANDA, Sonal appointed
    director
  21. 2009-10-01
    ➖
    REYNOLDS, Anthony Edward James, Dr resigned
    director
  22. 1998-06-16
    ➕
    REYNOLDS, Stuart James appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-06-16
    ➕
    REYNOLDS, Anthony Edward James, Dr appointed
    director
  24. 1998-05-29
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Martin Christopher resigned
    secretary
  25. 1998-05-29
    ➖
    BURROWS, Anthony Neville resigned
    director
  26. 1997-12-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AMDEGA BRANDS LIMITED
  27. 1997-12-18
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Martin Christopher appointed
    secretary
  28. 1997-12-18
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1997-12-18
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1997-12-18
    ➕
    BURROWS, Anthony Neville appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
Sonal Manchanda
Individual · Canadian · DOB 08/1970 · age 56
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-12-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46460 — SIC 46460

Registered office

6 Knights Park Hussey Road
Battlefield Enterprise Park
Shrewsbury
SY1 3TE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

REYNOLDS, Helen→
director · ~77y · appointed 2010-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REYNOLDS, Stuart James→
director · ~58y · appointed 2021-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REYNOLDS, Stuart James→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-16 · resigned 2010-01-23
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Martin Christopher→
secretary · appointed 1997-12-18 · resigned 1998-05-29
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-18 · resigned 1997-12-18
Resigned
BURROWS, Anthony Neville→
director · ~81y · appointed 1997-12-18 · resigned 1998-05-29
Resigned
MANCHANDA, Sonal→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-10-01 · resigned 2010-10-01
Resigned
REYNOLDS, Anthony Edward James, Dr→
director · ~77y · appointed 1998-06-16 · resigned 2009-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04