AMETHYST HEALTH CARE LTD
🌳Matureactive
06132655 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-01
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 17.2y 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
What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 17.2y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.2 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 (72/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
64 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
1 year 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 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 3300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-11-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-15📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2025-05-09➕RANDALL, Helen Maria appointeddirector
- 2025-05-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-26➖WOODALL, Keith resigneddirector
- 2024-03-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-11-16🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2023-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-06-17➕WOODALL, Keith appointeddirector
- 2022-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-11-01➖DAVIES, Alison Kimberly resigneddirector
- 2021-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-04➕DAVIES, Alison Kimberly appointeddirector
- 2014-09-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2009-05-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2008-04-30➖SLOCOMBE, Allanah resignedsecretary
- 2007-10-31➖HESSION, Robert Emmet resignedsecretary
- 2007-10-31➕SLOCOMBE, Allanah appointedsecretary
- 2007-03-01🏢Company incorporatedAs AMETHYST HEALTH CARE LTD
- 2007-03-01➕SUMMERHAYES, Catherine appointeddirector
- 2007-03-01➕HESSION, Robert Emmet appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Catherine Summerhayes Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Darren Moore Summerhayes Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61 | 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.
🔒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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-03-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities
Registered office
Forgeside House Cardiff Bay Business Centre
Forgeside Close
Cardiff
CF24 5FA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
RANDALL, Helen Maria→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2025-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SUMMERHAYES, Catherine→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2007-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HESSION, Robert Emmet→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-03-01 · resigned 2007-10-31
SLOCOMBE, Allanah→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-10-31 · resigned 2008-04-30
DAVIES, Alison Kimberly→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2018-09-04 · resigned 2021-11-01
WOODALL, Keith→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2022-06-17 · resigned 2025-02-26
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 16/11/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/09/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 19/05/2009 | — |
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Recent filings (64 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-11
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-05-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-05