AMBER HOUSE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05317536 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-20
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 15.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46450
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.9y
80/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £2,164,945
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £2.16M | £1.98M |
| Average employees | 12 | 1100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
6
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-06📄replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP01AP01
- 2026-04-30📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-04-30🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2026-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-02-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-10-02➕LENNARTSSON, Johan Christer appointeddirector
- 2025-10-02➖PETREN, Simon Gustav Seved resigneddirector
- 2025-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-11-17🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Nordea Bank Abp, Filial I Sverige (As Agent and Trustee for Each of the Secured Parties)
- 2023-11-16📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-11-09📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-08-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-08-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-08-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-08-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-08-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-08-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-07-15➕STENKIL, Marcus Erik Johan appointeddirector
- 2022-07-15➖KINGHAM, Sophie resigneddirector
- 2022-07-15➖LANCASTER, Corrina resigneddirector
- 2022-07-15➕PETREN, Simon Gustav Seved appointeddirector
- 2022-04-22📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-04-22🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-04-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-03-20🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2017-12-31➖TOOP, Jonathan Philip resignedsecretary
- 2017-12-31➖TOOP, Jonathan Philip resigneddirector
- 2017-01-01➕KINGHAM, Sophie appointeddirector
- 2012-08-21➕LANCASTER, Corrina appointeddirector
- 2010-07-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2010-07-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2005-03-01➕BERGWERF, Catherine Mann Voogd appointeddirector
- 2004-12-20🏢Company incorporatedAs AMBER HOUSE LIMITED
- 2004-12-20➕KINGHAM, John Charles appointeddirector
- 2004-12-20➕TOOP, Jonathan Philip appointedsecretary
- 2004-12-20➕TOOP, Jonathan Philip appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Humble Group Ab (Publ) is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Humble Group Ab (Publ)
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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AMBER HOUSE LIMITED
This company · 05317536
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Humble Group Ab (Publ) Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 15/07/2022 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr John Charles Kinghamceased 15/07/2022· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
- Catherine Mann Voogd Bergwerfceased 15/07/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr John Charles Kinghamceased 21/04/2022· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2739 TRADE AND FINANCE LTD→ 13506497 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| 4TFY FITNESS LTD→ 17096681 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5025 LIFESTYLE LTD→ 12731398 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| A1 TROPICAL LIMITED→ 13451040 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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| ADAMS WHOLESALE (SOUTHAMPTON) LTD→ 12751337 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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| ALLIANCE GLOBAL TRADING LTD→ 16821284 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALTREX WHOLESALE LTD→ 16989772 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALVAPLAST UK LIMITED→ 04215306 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
| AMBA TRADE LTD→ 16797531 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-12-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46450 — SIC 46450
Registered office
The Old Dairy
Barcombe Mills Road
Lewes
East Sussex
BN8 5FF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29
Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)
BERGWERF, Catherine Mann Voogd→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2005-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KINGHAM, John Charles→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2004-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LENNARTSSON, Johan Christer→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2025-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STENKIL, Marcus Erik Johan→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2022-07-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TOOP, Jonathan Philip→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-12-20 · resigned 2017-12-31
KINGHAM, Sophie→
Resigneddirector · ~39y · appointed 2017-01-01 · resigned 2022-07-15
LANCASTER, Corrina→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2012-08-21 · resigned 2022-07-15
PETREN, Simon Gustav Seved→
Resigneddirector · ~37y · appointed 2022-07-15 · resigned 2025-10-02
TOOP, Jonathan Philip→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2004-12-20 · resigned 2017-12-31
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Nordea Bank Abp, Filial I Sverige (As Agent and Trustee for Each of the Secured Parties) | A registered charge | — | 17/11/2023 | 30/04/2026 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 01/07/2010 | 20/03/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 01/07/2010 | 22/04/2022 |
Recent filings (80 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-05-06
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-11-27
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-16
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-22