AMELHILL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04006436 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-02
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
8
filings
  • • 5 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • • 5 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-05-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-05-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-05-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-04-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2026-04-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2026-04-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-11-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-09-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-09-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-02-19
    ➕
    BURGESS, Robert Richard appointed
    director
  19. 2000-07-03
    ➕
    CUNLIFFE, Carol Josephine appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-07-03
    ➕
    BURGESS, William Howard appointed
    director
  21. 2000-07-03
    ➕
    CUNLIFFE, Carol Josephine appointed
    director
  22. 2000-07-03
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-07-03
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2000-06-02
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    Company incorporated
    As AMELHILL LIMITED
  25. 2000-06-02
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-06-02
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES 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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 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

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Howard Burgess
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Carol Josephine Cunliffe
Individual · British · DOB 12/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Robert Richard Burgess
Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Carol Josephine Cunliffeceased 13/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Robert Richard Burgessceased 13/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • William Howard Burgessceased 13/04/2026· 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
Incorporated2000-06-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

9 Firs Road
Bolton
Lancashire
BL5 1EZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

CUNLIFFE, Carol Josephine→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURGESS, Robert Richard→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-02-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURGESS, William Howard→
director · ~72y · appointed 2000-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CUNLIFFE, Carol Josephine→
director · ~77y · appointed 2000-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-02 · resigned 2000-07-03
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-06-02 · resigned 2000-07-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01