AMPLITUDE TAX ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05214397 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-25

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

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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year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£13.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £13,127

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£13k

↑ 29% YoY

Current Assets

£22k

↑ 29% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£13.1k	£10.2k
Current assets	£21.9k	£17.0k
Net assets	£13.1k	£10.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-06-23
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2023-06-27
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2022-06-24
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2021-06-21
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2020-06-29
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2019-06-17
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2018-06-29
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2017-06-28
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2016-09-12
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officers · TM01
2016-09-01
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WITTOCK, Maria Laetitia resigned
director
2016-06-30
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accounts · AA
2015-09-17
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Company incorporated
As AMPLITUDE TAX ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED
2004-08-25
➕
CAVE, Susan Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2004-08-25
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CAVE, Susan Elizabeth appointed
director
2004-08-25
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MASON, John appointed
director
2004-08-25
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-08-25
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-08-25
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WITTOCK, Maria Laetitia appointed
director
2004-08-25
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-08-25
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Susan Elizabeth Cave Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016
Mr John Mason Individual · British · DOB 12/1952 · age 74	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2004-08-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Brazemoor, Lanreath

Looe

Cornwall

PL13 2PG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-26

Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CAVE, Susan Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2004-08-25

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CAVE, Susan Elizabeth→

director · ~73y · appointed 2004-08-25

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MASON, John→

director · ~74y · appointed 2004-08-25

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-25 · resigned 2004-08-25

Resigned

WITTOCK, Maria Laetitia→

director · ~67y · appointed 2004-08-25 · resigned 2016-09-01

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-08-25 · resigned 2004-08-25

Resigned

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