AMAYA SALES UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04833458 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-15
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.3y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-08-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-07-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-07-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-07-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-11-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-11-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-11-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2021-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  17. 2021-11-22
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    address · AD01
  18. 2021-11-22
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2021-11-22
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2021-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2010-08-06
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    DARLING, Charlotte appointed
    secretary
  23. 2010-08-06
    ➕
    DARLING, Charlotte appointed
    director
  24. 2010-08-06
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Julian Paul appointed
    director
  25. 2010-08-03
    ➖
    GRIFFITHS, James Anthony resigned
    secretary
  26. 2010-08-03
    ➖
    GRIFFITHS, Bryan Lawrence resigned
    director
  27. 2010-08-03
    ➖
    GRIFFITHS, James Anthony resigned
    director
  28. 2010-07-29
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    Charge satisfied #2
  29. 2007-03-01
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    WRIGHT, Peter Arthur appointed
    director
  30. 2006-07-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  31. 2006-06-30
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    GRIFFITHS, Phyllis Jean resigned
    secretary
  32. 2005-04-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  33. 2003-07-15
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    Company incorporated
    As AMAYA SALES UK LIMITED
  34. 2003-07-15
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, James Anthony appointed
    secretary
  35. 2003-07-15
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Phyllis Jean appointed
    secretary
  36. 2003-07-15
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2003-07-15
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 2003-07-15
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Bryan Lawrence appointed
    director
  39. 2003-07-15
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, James Anthony appointed
    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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Arthur Wright
Individual · British · DOB 03/1947 · age 79
—25–50%25-50% voting10/04/2016
Miss Charlotte Darling
Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/04/2016
Mr Julian Paul Wright
Individual · British · DOB 04/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/04/2016

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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-07-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

400-450 Nest Business Park Martin Road
Havant
Hampshire
PO9 5TL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

DARLING, Charlotte→
secretary · appointed 2010-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DARLING, Charlotte→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WRIGHT, Julian Paul→
director · ~47y · appointed 2010-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WRIGHT, Peter Arthur→
director · ~79y · appointed 2007-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFITHS, James Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-15 · resigned 2010-08-03
Resigned
GRIFFITHS, Phyllis Jean→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-15 · resigned 2006-06-30
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-15 · resigned 2003-07-15
Resigned
GRIFFITHS, Bryan Lawrence→
director · ~89y · appointed 2003-07-15 · resigned 2010-08-03
Resigned
GRIFFITHS, James Anthony→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-07-15 · resigned 2010-08-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property13/07/200629/07/2010
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property07/04/200522/11/2021

Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-22