AMBERSTONE INVESTMENTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

03996849 · ltd · incorporated 2000-05-18

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 25.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 25.9y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 25.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1

~ YoY

Current Assets

£1

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1	£1
Current assets	£1	£1
Net assets	£1	£1

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-11-21
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2021-11-26
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2021-01-01
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2019-11-05
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2018-12-03
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2016-12-15
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2016-06-08
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
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2015-11-23
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accounts · AA
2015-06-12
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annual-return · AR01
2014-11-17
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accounts · AA
2014-07-01
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annual-return · AR01
2000-10-03
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Nationwide Building Society
2000-09-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Nationwide Building Society
2000-06-14
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LOPIAN, Michael Benjamin appointed
secretary
2000-06-14
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LOPIAN, Michael Benjamin appointed
director
2000-06-14
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WAGNER, Anthony Warren appointed
director
2000-06-14
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TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-06-14
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TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2000-05-18
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Company incorporated
As AMBERSTONE INVESTMENTS LTD
2000-05-18
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TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-05-18
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TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Benjamin Lopian Individual · British · DOB 09/1954 · age 72	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-05-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

2nd Floor Parkgates Bury New Road

Prestwich

Manchester

M25 0TL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-01

Last: 2026-05-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LOPIAN, Michael Benjamin→

secretary · appointed 2000-06-14

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Active

LOPIAN, Michael Benjamin→

director · ~72y · appointed 2000-06-14

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Active

WAGNER, Anthony Warren→

director · ~72y · appointed 2000-06-14

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Active

TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-05-18 · resigned 2000-06-14

Resigned

TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-05-18 · resigned 2000-06-14

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Nationwide Nationwide Building Society	Debenture	1 property	03/10/2000	—
	outstanding	Nationwide Nationwide Building Society	Legal charge	2 properties	08/09/2000	—

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