AMBER FLEET MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04641231 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-20

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45112

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	100	100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-01-27
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accounts · AA
2025-01-28
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accounts · AA
2024-01-16
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accounts · AA
2022-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
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address · AD01
2021-03-09
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officers · CH03
2021-03-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-31
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accounts · AA
2019-02-22
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-02-22
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capital · SH08
2019-01-31
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accounts · AA
2018-01-31
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accounts · AA
2013-04-06
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BRITTON, Niclas Tomas Alexander appointed
director
2006-09-19
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BRITTON, Pamela appointed
secretary
2006-02-02
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JEANES, Jacqueline Ann resigned
secretary
2006-02-02
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JEANES, Jacqueline Ann resigned
director
2003-01-20
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Company incorporated
As AMBER FLEET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
2003-01-20
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BRITTON, Martin Thomas Oliver appointed
director
2003-01-20
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JEANES, Jacqueline Ann appointed
secretary
2003-01-20
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-01-20
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-01-20
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JEANES, Jacqueline Ann appointed
director
2003-01-20
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-01-20
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 23 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

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 75 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Niclas Tomas Alexander Britton Individual · British · DOB 05/1988 · age 38	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Martin Thomas Oliver Britton Individual · British · DOB 02/1951 · age 75	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-01-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

C/O Gryson House The Grove

Pontllanfraith

Blackwood

NP12 2EQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-21

Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BRITTON, Pamela→

secretary · appointed 2006-09-19

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Active

BRITTON, Martin Thomas Oliver→

director · ~75y · appointed 2003-01-20

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Active

BRITTON, Niclas Tomas Alexander→

director · ~38y · appointed 2013-04-06

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Active

JEANES, Jacqueline Ann→

secretary · appointed 2003-01-20 · resigned 2006-02-02

Resigned

SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-20 · resigned 2003-01-20

Resigned

JEANES, Jacqueline Ann→

director · ~71y · appointed 2003-01-20 · resigned 2006-02-02

Resigned

CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-20 · resigned 2003-01-20

Resigned

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