AMBLECOTE COMMUNITY CHURCH

🌳Matureactive

07005276 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2009-09-01

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 16.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2024

Net worth

£540.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of religious organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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 16.1y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 16.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

20 officers (6 active, 20 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

77 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £540,697

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£107k

Net Worth

£541k

Current Assets

£113k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-03-31
Total assets	£540.7k
Current assets	£112.8k
Cash	£106.8k
Debtors	£5.3k
Net assets	£540.7k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand

2026-02-03
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officers · AP01
2026-02-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-25
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WATSON, Ariella Rinnah appointed
director
2025-07-22
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officers · AP01
2025-01-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-30
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GEORGE, Davinia appointed
director
2024-10-21
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officers · AP01
2023-10-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
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BROOKES, Lee Alan appointed
director
2022-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-05
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officers · TM01
2022-03-31
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WHITE, Ann resigned
director
2021-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
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mortgage · MR05
2020-10-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-05-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-05-04
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officers · TM02
2020-05-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-19
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BARTON, Sarah Jane resigned
secretary
2019-11-19
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BARTON, Sarah Jane resigned
director
2019-11-19
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MILLS, Simon Andrew resigned
director
2019-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-07-18
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LOWE, Adrian Edward resigned
director
2013-04-16
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BARTON, Sarah Jane appointed
director
2013-04-16
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CLARK, Richard resigned
director
2013-04-16
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WHITE, Ann appointed
director
2011-09-28
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CHAPMAN, Robert Ewart appointed
director
2011-09-28
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MILLS, Simon Andrew appointed
director
2011-05-25
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BARTON, John Thomas resigned
director
2011-01-13
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BARTON, Sarah Jane appointed
secretary
2011-01-13
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MORSE-BROWN, Eric resigned
secretary
2011-01-13
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COOK, Philip Malcolm resigned
director
2010-03-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Kingdom Bank Limited
2010-02-28
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WHITE, Ann resigned
director
2009-09-02
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COOK, John Philip appointed
director
2009-09-02
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MORSE-BROWN, Eric appointed
director
2009-09-02
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HALLAM, Christopher Alwyn resigned
secretary
2009-09-02
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MORSE-BROWN, Eric appointed
secretary
2009-09-02
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BARTON, John Thomas appointed
director
2009-09-02
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CLARK, Richard appointed
director
2009-09-02
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COOK, Philip Malcolm appointed
director
2009-09-02
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HALLAM, Christopher Alwyn resigned
director
2009-09-02
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LOWE, Adrian Edward appointed
director
2009-09-02
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MARSHALL, Stephen Francis resigned
director
2009-09-02
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SIVANESAN, Kishanie resigned
director
2009-09-02
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WHITE, Ann appointed
director
2009-09-01
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Company incorporated
As AMBLECOTE COMMUNITY CHURCH
2009-09-01
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HALLAM, Christopher Alwyn appointed
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 53 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Philip Cook Individual · British · DOB 04/1977 · age 49	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/09/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Sarah Jane Bartonceased 19/11/2019· significant influence
Mr Adrian Edward Loweceased 18/07/2017· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2009-09-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94910 — Activities of religious organisations

Registered office

102-104 Brettell Lane

Amblecote

Stourbridge

West Midlands

DY8 4BS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-15

Last: 2025-09-01