AMBER VALLEY SAW & TOOL LTD

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05031710 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-02
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£251.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 15.5y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
85 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £251,085
Cash draining
Cash down 87% YoY
Cash YoY
-87%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 87% YoY
Net Worth
£251k
↑ 9.0% YoY
Current Assets
£325k
↓ 3.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£67k£134k£202k£269k£336kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£347.0k£523.4k
Current assets£325.4k£335.9k
Cash£3.0k£23.9k
Debtors£259.9k£234.1k
Net assets£251.1k£230.3k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2018-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-02-09
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    WRIGHT, David Gordon resigned
    secretary
  14. 2014-08-21
    ➖
    STARR, Becky resigned
    director
  15. 2014-02-13
    ➕
    STARR, Becky appointed
    director
  16. 2013-06-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance LTD
  17. 2011-06-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  18. 2010-12-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Mark Samuel Starr and Angela Kim Starr and a J Bell Trustees Limited
  19. 2008-04-22
    ➕
    STARR, Angela Kim appointed
    director
  20. 2006-07-17
    ➕
    STARR, Angela Kim appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-07-17
    ➕
    STARR, Mark Samuel appointed
    director
  22. 2006-07-17
    ➖
    WATHALL, Desmond resigned
    director
  23. 2004-02-29
    ➕
    WATHALL, Desmond appointed
    director
  24. 2004-02-28
    ➕
    WRIGHT, David Gordon appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-02-05
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-02-05
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2004-02-02
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    Company incorporated
    As AMBER VALLEY SAW & TOOL LTD
  28. 2004-02-02
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2004-02-02
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Angela Kim Starr
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated2004-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Units 3 & 4
Slack Lane Heanor Gate Industrial Estate
Heanor
Derbyshire
DE75 7GK

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-23
Last: 2026-05-09

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

STARR, Angela Kim→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-17
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Active
STARR, Angela Kim→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-04-22
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Active
STARR, Mark Samuel→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WRIGHT, David Gordon→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-28 · resigned 2015-02-09
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-02 · resigned 2004-02-05
Resigned
STARR, Becky→
director · ~31y · appointed 2014-02-13 · resigned 2014-08-21
Resigned
WATHALL, Desmond→
director · ~90y · appointed 2004-02-29 · resigned 2006-07-17
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-02-02 · resigned 2004-02-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance LTD
A registered charge1 property20/06/2013—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property06/06/2011—
outstanding
Mark Samuel Starr and Angela Kim Starr and a J Bell Trustees
Mark Samuel Starr and Angela Kim Starr and a J Bell Trustees Limited
Chattel mortgage1 property22/12/2010—
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Recent filings (85 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-09