AMETHYST CARE LTD
🌳Matureactive
05703629 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-09
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 19.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£156.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other residential care activities n.e.c.
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 19.9y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £156,145
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£87k
Net Worth
£156k
Current Assets
£119k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £334.0k | — |
| Current assets | £118.6k | — |
| Cash | £86.5k | — |
| Debtors | £28.6k | — |
| Net assets | £156.1k | — |
| Average employees | — | 1900 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-03-04➖HUNT, Susan Ann resigneddirector
- 2025-12-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-11-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2009-09-11➖HUNT, Richard James resigneddirector
- 2006-06-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Abbey National PLC
- 2006-02-09🏢Company incorporatedAs AMETHYST CARE LTD
- 2006-02-09➕SAMPSON, William Neil appointedsecretary
- 2006-02-09➕SAMPSON, Elaine Tanya appointeddirector
- 2006-02-09➕SAMPSON, William Neil appointeddirector
- 2006-02-09➕HUNT, Richard James appointeddirector
- 2006-02-09➕HUNT, Susan Ann appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- 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.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Susan Ann Hunt Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Elaine Tanya Sampson Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
William Neil Sampson Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-02-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87900 — Other residential care activities n.e.c.
Registered office
14 Rocklands Business Park
Oxencombe Road
Chudleigh
Devon
TQ13 0GT
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
SAMPSON, William Neil→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-02-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SAMPSON, Elaine Tanya→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2006-02-09
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SAMPSON, William Neil→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2006-02-09
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HUNT, Richard James→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2006-02-09 · resigned 2009-09-11
HUNT, Susan Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2006-02-09 · resigned 2026-03-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Santander Abbey National PLC | Legal and general charge | 1 property | 23/06/2006 | — |
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Recent filings (57 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-02