AMBROSE ACTIVITY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06415982 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-02
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-91.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £91,069
Cash YoY
+47%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£86k
↑ 47% YoY
Net Worth
-£91k
↑ 1.0% YoY
Current Assets
£86k
↑ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£92k-£56k-£21k£15k£51k£86kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-91.1k£-92.0k
Current assets£86.5k£58.9k
Cash£85.6k£58.1k
Debtors£832£842
Net assets£-91.1k£-92.0k

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

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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-24
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  2. 2024-08-22
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  3. 2023-08-19
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  4. 2022-12-16
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  5. 2021-09-23
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  6. 2020-12-09
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  7. 2019-12-10
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  8. 2019-03-01
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    BARRY JUNIOR, Peter appointed
    director
  9. 2019-03-01
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  10. 2018-12-12
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  11. 2018-04-27
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    BARRY JUNIOR, Peter resigned
    director
  12. 2018-04-27
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  13. 2017-12-15
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  14. 2016-12-22
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  15. 2015-12-22
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  16. 2015-11-06
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  17. 2015-11-06
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  18. 2007-11-02
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    Company incorporated
    As AMBROSE ACTIVITY LIMITED
  19. 2007-11-02
    ➕
    FOX, Jason Michael appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-11-02
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    BARRY, Claire appointed
    director
  21. 2007-11-02
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    BARRY, Peter appointed
    director
  22. 2007-11-02
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    BARRY JUNIOR, Peter appointed
    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 74 — 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 74 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-11-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Prince Charlie Street, Derker
Oldham
Lancashire
OL1 4HJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-16
Last: 2025-11-02

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

FOX, Jason Michael→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-02
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Active
BARRY, Claire→
director · ~48y · appointed 2007-11-02
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Active
BARRY, Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2007-11-02
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BARRY JUNIOR, Peter→
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-03-01
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Active
BARRY JUNIOR, Peter→
director · ~46y · appointed 2007-11-02 · resigned 2018-04-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
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accounts · AA
2025-07-24
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2024-11-04
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2024-08-22
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2023-11-02
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accounts · AA
2023-08-19
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accounts · AA
2022-12-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02
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accounts · AA
2021-09-23
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accounts · AA
2020-12-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
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accounts · AA
2019-12-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-06
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officers · AP01
2019-03-01