AMERICAN BEVERAGE MARKETERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05121925 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-07
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
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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 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
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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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 employees3000

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-05-13
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2016-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-05-13
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-02-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2014-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-05-07
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    Company incorporated
    As AMERICAN BEVERAGE MARKETERS LIMITED
  18. 2004-05-07
    ➕
    CLARK, Thomas Bradshaw appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-05-07
    ➕
    CLARK, Thomas Bradshaw appointed
    director
  20. 2004-05-07
    ➕
    HINKEBEIN, William Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2004-05-07
    ➕
    WAGNER, George Jacob appointed
    director
  22. 2004-05-07
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-05-07
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-05-07
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    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2004-05-07
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    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

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 80 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.)

Group structure

Clark Foods, Inc. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Clark Foods, Inc.
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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AMERICAN BEVERAGE MARKETERS LIMITED
This company · 05121925

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Clark Foods, Inc.
Corporate entity
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-05-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

124 Finchley Road
London
NW3 5JS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-21
Last: 2025-05-07

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

CLARK, Thomas Bradshaw→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-07
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Active
CLARK, Thomas Bradshaw→
director · ~80y · appointed 2004-05-07
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Active
HINKEBEIN, William Andrew→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-05-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WAGNER, George Jacob→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-05-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-07 · resigned 2004-05-07
Resigned
INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-05-07 · resigned 2004-05-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-06