AMBIENT AIR CONDITIONING HOLDINGS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06809525 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£720.2k
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 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (1 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
54 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
Positive net assets
Net assets £720,219

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£720k
↑ 1.1% YoY
Current Assets
£399k
↓ 2.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£144k£288k£432k£576k£720kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£721.0k£713.3k
Current assets£399.5k£409.0k
Net assets£720.2k£712.6k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-08-10
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    address · AD01
  10. 2018-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2017-05-25
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    officers · TM02
  13. 2017-05-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2017-03-30
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    TURNER, Michael John resigned
    secretary
  15. 2017-03-30
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    TURNER, Michael John resigned
    director
  16. 2017-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-09-21
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    SUGDEN, Joseph resigned
    director
  19. 2009-02-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMBIENT AIR CONDITIONING HOLDINGS LIMITED
  20. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    ELLIOTT, Robert James appointed
    director
  21. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    TURNER, Michael John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2009-02-04
    ➖
    OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    RUTTER, Garry Thomas appointed
    director
  25. 2009-02-04
    ➖
    RUTTER, Garry Thomas resigned
    director
  26. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    SUGDEN, Joseph appointed
    director
  27. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    TURNER, Michael John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Ambient Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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Ambient Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AMBIENT AIR CONDITIONING HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 06809525

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ambient Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Ambient Group Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting11/03/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robert James Elliottceased 11/03/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2009-02-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

36 Nursery Walk
Tettenhall
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV6 8QY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

ELLIOTT, Robert James→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TURNER, Michael John→
secretary · appointed 2009-02-04 · resigned 2017-03-30
Resigned
OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-02-04 · resigned 2009-02-04
Resigned
RUTTER, Garry Thomas→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-02-04 · resigned 2009-02-04
Resigned
SUGDEN, Joseph→
director · ~77y · appointed 2009-02-04 · resigned 2015-09-21
Resigned
TURNER, Michael John→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-02-04 · resigned 2017-03-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-29