AMB FOODS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03628892 · ltd · incorporated 1998-09-09
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46320Wholesale of meat and meat products
  • 46330SIC 46330
  • 46380Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.8y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 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
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
82
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees362900

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-07-24
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-07-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-07-24
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    address · AD01
  6. 2025-04-07
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    address · AD01
  7. 2025-04-07
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    address · AD01
  8. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-04-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-07-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-10-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-09-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 2007-11-15
    ➕
    BAINS, Kuldip Kaur appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-11-15
    ➖
    BAINS, Mohinder Singh resigned
    secretary
  22. 1999-09-25
    ➕
    BAINS, Mohinder Singh appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-09-06
    ➖
    BAINS, Kuldip Kaur resigned
    secretary
  24. 1998-09-09
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    Company incorporated
    As AMB FOODS LIMITED
  25. 1998-09-09
    ➕
    BAINS, Amarjit Singh appointed
    director
  26. 1998-09-09
    ➕
    BAINS, Kuldip Kaur appointed
    secretary
  27. 1998-09-09
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-09-09
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1998-09-09
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 1998-09-09
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — 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 58. 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 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Armarjit Singh Bains
Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-09-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46310 — Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

Registered office

C/O Tc Group The Granary, Hones Yard
1 Waverley Lane
Farnham
Surrey
GU9 8BB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BAINS, Kuldip Kaur→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAINS, Amarjit Singh→
director · ~58y · appointed 1998-09-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAINS, Kuldip Kaur→
secretary · appointed 1998-09-09 · resigned 1999-09-06
Resigned
BAINS, Mohinder Singh→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-25 · resigned 2007-11-15
Resigned
PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-09-09 · resigned 1998-09-09
Resigned
PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-09-09 · resigned 1998-09-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—04/09/2017—
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Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-24
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-07-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31