AMREW LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06099124 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-13
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£2.32M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,316,065
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£608k
↓ 8.2% YoY
Net Worth
£2.3m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
↑ 1.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£463k£926k£1.4m£1.9m£2.3mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£2.34M£2.31M
Current assets£1.70M£1.68M
Cash£607.9k£662.0k
Debtors£1.09M£1.02M
Net assets£2.32M£2.30M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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  3. 2024-01-29
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  4. 2023-04-27
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  5. 2022-04-29
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  6. 2021-04-30
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  7. 2020-01-31
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  8. 2019-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-12
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-09-27
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  11. 2016-03-09
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  12. 2015-11-10
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  13. 2015-02-16
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  14. 2014-12-10
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  15. 2014-03-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-04-21
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    POWNER, Anthony John appointed
    director
  17. 2007-02-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AMREW LIMITED
  18. 2007-02-13
    ➕
    POWNER, Anthony John appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-02-13
    ➕
    POWNER, Anthony Mark appointed
    director
  20. 2007-02-13
    ➕
    POWNER, Nicholas James appointed
    director
  21. 2007-02-13
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2007-02-13
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-02-13
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2007-02-13
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS 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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony John Powner
Individual · British · DOB 02/1940 · age 86
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/02/2017
Mr Anthony Mark Powner
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/02/2017
Mr Nicholas James Powner
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/02/2017

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
Incorporated2007-02-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Rayton House
Mander Street
Wolverhampton
WV3 0JZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last: 2026-02-24

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

POWNER, Anthony John→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POWNER, Anthony John→
director · ~86y · appointed 2008-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POWNER, Anthony Mark→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POWNER, Nicholas James→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-02-13 · resigned 2007-02-13
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-02-13 · resigned 2007-02-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-14