AMMIQUE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04999119 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-18
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees400500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-12-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-31
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  6. 2022-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-07
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    capital · SH01
  10. 2019-12-24
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-11-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-11-15
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    HADWIN, Richard Thomas resigned
    director
  13. 2019-11-01
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  14. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-14
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    capital · SH01
  16. 2018-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-04-27
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    capital · SH02
  18. 2018-04-09
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    HADWIN, Richard Thomas appointed
    director
  19. 2018-03-31
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    CURRY, Simon John resigned
    director
  20. 2017-12-12
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    FENTON, Stephen Conrad appointed
    director
  21. 2017-12-12
    ➕
    CURRY, Simon John appointed
    director
  22. 2017-06-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2016-12-12
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    BANWELL, Gary Paul resigned
    director
  24. 2016-12-12
    ➖
    DUFF, Caroline Zoe resigned
    director
  25. 2016-06-01
    ➕
    DUFF, Caroline Zoe appointed
    director
  26. 2016-05-16
    ➕
    GREENHALGH, Anthony Jon appointed
    director
  27. 2016-05-16
    ➕
    BANWELL, Gary Paul appointed
    director
  28. 2004-08-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  29. 2003-12-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AMMIQUE LIMITED
  30. 2003-12-18
    ➕
    GREENHALGH, Marlene Claire appointed
    secretary
  31. 2003-12-18
    ➕
    GREENHALGH, Colin Jack appointed
    director
  32. 2003-12-18
    ➕
    GREENHALGH, Marlene Claire appointed
    director
  33. 2003-12-18
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2003-12-18
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2003-12-18
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 2003-12-18
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Mrs Marlene Claire Greenhalgh
Individual · British · DOB 05/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Colin Jack Greenhalgh
Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-12-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Registered office

10-12 Silver Street
Midsomer Norton Radstock
Bath
Bath And North East Somerset
BA3 2EX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (5 active · 6 resigned)

GREENHALGH, Marlene Claire→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FENTON, Stephen Conrad→
director · ~57y · appointed 2017-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREENHALGH, Anthony Jon→
director · ~46y · appointed 2016-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREENHALGH, Colin Jack→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREENHALGH, Marlene Claire→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-18 · resigned 2003-12-18
Resigned
BANWELL, Gary Paul→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-05-16 · resigned 2016-12-12
Resigned
CURRY, Simon John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-12-12 · resigned 2018-03-31
Resigned
DUFF, Caroline Zoe→
director · ~41y · appointed 2016-06-01 · resigned 2016-12-12
Resigned
HADWIN, Richard Thomas→
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-04-09 · resigned 2019-11-15
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-12-18 · resigned 2003-12-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture deed1 property18/08/200421/06/2017

Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-20