AMMODYTES HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06268627 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-04
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 18.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£39.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.9y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.9 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, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
54 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £39,056
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,421 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£39k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£174
↑ 126% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9k£18k£27k£36k£44kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£88.9k£110.8k
Current assets£174£77
Cash—£77
Net assets£39.1k£44.5k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-06-20
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  4. 2024-10-30
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  5. 2023-10-31
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  6. 2022-07-29
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  7. 2021-07-29
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  8. 2020-10-30
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  9. 2019-07-31
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  10. 2018-08-01
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  11. 2017-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-28
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  14. 2015-10-12
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  15. 2015-07-30
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  16. 2014-07-31
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  17. 2007-06-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  18. 2007-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As AMMODYTES HOLDINGS LIMITED
  19. 2007-06-04
    ➕
    TYLDESLEY, Michelle Leslie appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-06-04
    ➕
    TYLDESLEY, Ian Brian appointed
    director
  21. 2007-06-04
    ➕
    TYLDESLEY, Michelle Leslie appointed
    director
  22. 2007-06-04
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-06-04
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-06-04
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2007-06-04
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Brian Tyldesley
Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Michelle Leslie Tyldesley
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-06-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Unit 3
Penbeagle Industrial Estate
St Ives
Cornwall
TR26 2JH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TYLDESLEY, Michelle Leslie→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TYLDESLEY, Ian Brian→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TYLDESLEY, Michelle Leslie→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-06-04 · resigned 2007-06-04
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-06-04 · resigned 2007-06-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property21/06/2007—
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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-31