AMBERWELL ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05137720 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-25
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 6.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43210Electrical installation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 6.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · 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, 2 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
71 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees485300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2025-07-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-07-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-07-17
    ➖
    JAMES, Rhydian Roberts resigned
    director
  6. 2025-07-03
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Oliver appointed
    secretary
  7. 2025-07-03
    ➖
    JAMES, Rhydian Roberts resigned
    secretary
  8. 2025-07-03
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2025-07-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-06-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-06-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2022-06-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-08-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2020-08-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  20. 2020-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2013-11-25
    ➖
    HAYNES, Matthew Paul resigned
    secretary
  23. 2013-11-25
    ➕
    JAMES, Rhydian Roberts appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-04-01
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Phillip David appointed
    director
  25. 2006-04-01
    ➕
    JAMES, Steffan Thomas appointed
    director
  26. 2004-10-25
    ➕
    HAYNES, Matthew Paul appointed
    secretary
  27. 2004-08-02
    ➖
    SECRETARIES FORM 10 LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2004-08-02
    ➕
    JAMES, Rhydian Roberts appointed
    director
  29. 2004-08-02
    ➖
    DIRECTORS FORM 10 LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  30. 2004-05-25
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    Company incorporated
    As AMBERWELL ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED
  31. 2004-05-25
    ➕
    SECRETARIES FORM 10 LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  32. 2004-05-25
    ➕
    DIRECTORS FORM 10 LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

Amberwell Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Amberwell Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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AMBERWELL ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 05137720

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
Amberwell Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting17/07/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Rhydian Roberts Jamesceased 17/07/2025· 50-75% shares

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

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

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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
Incorporated2004-05-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

Unit 3 Plot 120 Village Farm Industrial Estate
Pyle
Bridgend
Mid Glam
CF33 6BL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-06
Last: 2026-06-22

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

GRIFFITHS, Oliver→
secretary · appointed 2025-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFITHS, Phillip David→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JAMES, Steffan Thomas→
director · ~52y · appointed 2006-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAYNES, Matthew Paul→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-25 · resigned 2013-11-25
Resigned
JAMES, Rhydian Roberts→
secretary · appointed 2013-11-25 · resigned 2025-07-03
Resigned
SECRETARIES FORM 10 LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-05-25 · resigned 2004-08-02
Resigned
JAMES, Rhydian Roberts→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-08-02 · resigned 2025-07-17
Resigned
DIRECTORS FORM 10 LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-05-25 · resigned 2004-08-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge—06/08/2020—
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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-08-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-25
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-07-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-23