AMBERLEY PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03484091 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-19
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 1 with DOB)
73
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
80 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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.

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
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-04-05
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    QUAY DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2007-04-05
    ➖
    QUAY DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  18. 2001-09-13
    ➕
    QUAY DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2001-02-14
    ➖
    L.O. NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2001-02-14
    ➕
    QUAY DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  21. 1999-12-17
    ➖
    DEAKIN, Ashley Martin resigned
    secretary
  22. 1999-12-17
    ➕
    L.O. NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1998-09-24
    ➕
    DEAKIN, Ashley Martin appointed
    secretary
  24. 1998-09-24
    ➖
    L.O. NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-12-22
    ➕
    ROYFFE, Stephen Charles appointed
    director
  26. 1997-12-22
    ➖
    L.O.DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1997-12-19
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    Company incorporated
    As AMBERLEY PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  28. 1997-12-19
    ➕
    L.O. NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1997-12-19
    ➕
    L.O.DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Mr Stephen Charles Royffe
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%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
Incorporated1997-12-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Apollo House
Hallam Way, Whitehills Business Park
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY4 5FS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last: 2025-12-16

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

ROYFFE, Stephen Charles→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEAKIN, Ashley Martin→
secretary · appointed 1998-09-24 · resigned 1999-12-17
Resigned
L.O. NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-12-17 · resigned 2001-02-14
Resigned
L.O. NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-19 · resigned 1998-09-24
Resigned
QUAY DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-09-13 · resigned 2008-04-05
Resigned
L.O.DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-12-19 · resigned 1997-12-22
Resigned
QUAY DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2001-02-14 · resigned 2007-04-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-24