AMBERLEA HOUSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04055895 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-18
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£661
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
15 officers (4 active, 15 linked, 11 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £661

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£661
↑ 67% YoY
Current Assets
£711
↑ 59% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£142£284£427£569£711Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£711£446
Current assets£711£446
Net assets£661£396

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-09-04
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  3. 2023-04-24
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  4. 2022-09-30
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  5. 2022-01-03
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  6. 2022-01-03
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  7. 2021-12-31
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    JORDAN, Jennifer Susan appointed
    director
  8. 2021-12-31
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    JORDAN, Michael John resigned
    director
  9. 2021-12-31
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  10. 2021-12-31
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  11. 2021-12-31
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  12. 2021-12-31
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  13. 2021-12-31
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  14. 2021-12-31
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2021-12-22
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    LOVE, Geoffrey Adrian appointed
    director
  16. 2021-12-22
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    TAYLOR, Susan resigned
    director
  17. 2021-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  18. 2020-05-14
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  19. 2019-07-02
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  20. 2019-04-09
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  21. 2019-04-09
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  22. 2019-04-09
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  23. 2019-03-12
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    AUSTIN, Nina Diana Yolanda resigned
    director
  24. 2019-03-12
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    TAYLOR, Susan appointed
    director
  25. 2005-07-01
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    AUSTIN, Nina Diana Yolanda appointed
    director
  26. 2004-11-26
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    FARDY HAYES, Linda resigned
    director
  27. 2004-11-26
    ➖
    HAYES, Austin resigned
    director
  28. 2002-06-01
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    JORDAN, Michael John appointed
    director
  29. 2002-05-18
    ➖
    KEY, Mary Vaughan resigned
    secretary
  30. 2002-05-18
    ➖
    KEY, Peter Alan resigned
    director
  31. 2002-05-17
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    D'COTTA, Dianne Jean Phoebe appointed
    secretary
  32. 2002-01-08
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    D'COTTA, Dianne Jean Phoebe appointed
    director
  33. 2002-01-04
    ➕
    FARDY HAYES, Linda appointed
    director
  34. 2002-01-04
    ➕
    HAYES, Austin appointed
    director
  35. 2001-02-16
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    GILANGER, Andrew John resigned
    secretary
  36. 2001-02-16
    ➕
    KEY, Mary Vaughan appointed
    secretary
  37. 2001-02-16
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    HEARN, Nichola Jane resigned
    director
  38. 2001-02-16
    ➕
    KEY, Peter Alan appointed
    director
  39. 2000-08-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AMBERLEA HOUSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  40. 2000-08-18
    ➕
    GILANGER, Andrew John appointed
    secretary
  41. 2000-08-18
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    THOMAS, Howard appointed
    nominee-secretary
  42. 2000-08-18
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    THOMAS, Howard resigned
    nominee-secretary
  43. 2000-08-18
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    HEARN, Nichola Jane appointed
    director
  44. 2000-08-18
    ➕
    TESTER, William Andrew Joseph appointed
    nominee-director
  45. 2000-08-18
    ➖
    TESTER, William Andrew Joseph resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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
Mrs Jennifer Susan Jordan
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/12/2021
Mr Geoffrey Adrian Love
Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/12/2021
Mrs Dianne Jean Phoebe D'Cotta
Individual · British · DOB 02/1944 · age 82
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Susan Taylorceased 22/12/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Michael John Jordanceased 31/12/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Nina Diana Yolanda Austinceased 12/03/2019· 25-50% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-08-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Amberlea House
5 Stratton Place
Falmouth
Cornwall
TR11 2ST

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (4 active · 11 resigned)

D'COTTA, Dianne Jean Phoebe→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
D'COTTA, Dianne Jean Phoebe→
director · ~82y · appointed 2002-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JORDAN, Jennifer Susan→
director · ~55y · appointed 2021-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOVE, Geoffrey Adrian→
director · ~55y · appointed 2021-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILANGER, Andrew John→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-18 · resigned 2001-02-16
Resigned
KEY, Mary Vaughan→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-16 · resigned 2002-05-18
Resigned
THOMAS, Howard→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-08-18 · resigned 2000-08-18
Resigned
AUSTIN, Nina Diana Yolanda→
director · ~90y · appointed 2005-07-01 · resigned 2019-03-12
Resigned
FARDY HAYES, Linda→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-01-04 · resigned 2004-11-26
Resigned
HAYES, Austin→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-01-04 · resigned 2004-11-26
Resigned
HEARN, Nichola Jane→
director · ~54y · appointed 2000-08-18 · resigned 2001-02-16
Resigned
JORDAN, Michael John→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-06-01 · resigned 2021-12-31
Resigned
KEY, Peter Alan→
director · ~94y · appointed 2001-02-16 · resigned 2002-05-18
Resigned
TAYLOR, Susan→
director · ~68y · appointed 2019-03-12 · resigned 2021-12-22
Resigned
TESTER, William Andrew Joseph→
nominee-director · ~64y · appointed 2000-08-18 · resigned 2000-08-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-01-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-12-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-31