AMBER AUDIO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04100481 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-01
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
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£180.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

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, 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 (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
96 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £180,343

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£106k
Net Worth
£180k
Current Assets
£128k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£36k£72k£108k£144k£180kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£244.6k—
Current assets£128.1k—
Cash£106.3k—
Debtors£21.7k—
Net assets£180.3k—
Average employees—300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-12-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-11-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-08
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  16. 2010-02-01
    ➕
    BULLIMORE, James appointed
    director
  17. 2010-02-01
    ➕
    BULLIMORE, Paul James appointed
    director
  18. 2008-06-05
    ➖
    BROWN, Omega Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  19. 2002-12-01
    ➕
    BROWN, Omega Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-12-01
    ➖
    NICHOLS, Terry Graham resigned
    secretary
  21. 2000-11-14
    ➕
    BURGESS, Alan Richard appointed
    director
  22. 2000-11-14
    ➖
    ABC COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-11-14
    ➖
    PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2000-11-09
    ➕
    NICHOLS, Terry Graham appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-11-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMBER AUDIO LIMITED
  26. 2000-11-01
    ➕
    ABC COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2000-11-01
    ➕
    PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS 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 75 — 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 75 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul James Bullimore
Individual · British · DOB 10/1978 · age 48
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control01/11/2016
Mr Alan Richard Burgess
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/11/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr James Edward Bullimoreceased 01/08/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2000-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

4 Newmeadow Copse
Peatmoor
Swindon
SN5 5AQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BULLIMORE, James→
director · ~75y · appointed 2010-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BULLIMORE, Paul James→
director · ~48y · appointed 2010-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURGESS, Alan Richard→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Omega Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-01 · resigned 2008-06-05
Resigned
NICHOLS, Terry Graham→
secretary · appointed 2000-11-09 · resigned 2002-12-01
Resigned
ABC COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-01 · resigned 2000-11-14
Resigned
PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-11-01 · resigned 2000-11-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (96 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-03