AM DRESSAGE LTD

🌳Matureactive

06911140 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-20

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 14.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sports and recreation education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 14.9y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 14.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-28
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2024-09-07
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2023-12-17
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accounts · AA
2022-12-29
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accounts · AA
2021-12-29
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accounts · AA
2020-12-30
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accounts · AA
2019-12-31
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accounts · AA
2018-12-27
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accounts · AA
2017-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-20
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
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2015-12-19
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accounts · AA
2015-05-21
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annual-return · AR01
2015-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-05-22
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annual-return · AR01
2013-03-31
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BAKER, Adrian Pearce resigned
secretary
2011-08-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2011-08-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2009-05-20
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Company incorporated
As AM DRESSAGE LTD
2009-05-20
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FROST, Matthew Steven appointed
director
2009-05-20
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KEMP, Adam John appointed
director
2009-05-20
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BAKER, Adrian Pearce appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Adam John Kemp Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Matthew Steven Frost Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2009-05-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

Wyncolls Farm Lumbars Lane

Elton

Newnham

Gloucestershire

GL14 1LH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-03

Last: 2026-05-20

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

FROST, Matthew Steven→

director · ~46y · appointed 2009-05-20

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Active

KEMP, Adam John→

director · ~59y · appointed 2009-05-20

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Active

BAKER, Adrian Pearce→

secretary · appointed 2009-05-20 · resigned 2013-03-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	05/08/2011	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Mortgage deed	1 property	03/08/2011	—

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