EMS ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07060235 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-29
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
  • 46140SIC 46140
  • 46180Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 4 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£20k£41k£61k£82k£102kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£130.8k
Current assets—£102.2k
Cash—£100
Debtors—£49.6k
Net assets—£27.5k
Average employees2—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-06-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-06-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-06-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-06-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-03-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2020-03-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2020-03-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2020-03-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2011-11-30
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    GRAY, David James resigned
    director
  21. 2011-11-30
    ➖
    GRAY, Emma Mary resigned
    director
  22. 2010-04-01
    ➕
    CLARKE-WILLIAMS, Christian Scott appointed
    director
  23. 2010-04-01
    ➕
    GRAY, David James appointed
    director
  24. 2009-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As EMS ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  25. 2009-10-29
    ➕
    CLARKE-WILLIAMS, Mandy Jayne Ainscough appointed
    director
  26. 2009-10-29
    ➕
    GRAY, Emma Mary appointed
    director

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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Mandy Jayne Ainscough Clarke-Williams
Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/10/2016
Mr Christian Scott Clarke-Williams
Individual · British · DOB 10/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/10/2016

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
Incorporated2009-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Britannia House Warrington Road
Lower Ince
Wigan
Lancashire
WN1 3AJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last: 2025-06-15

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CLARKE-WILLIAMS, Christian Scott→
director · ~52y · appointed 2010-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARKE-WILLIAMS, Mandy Jayne Ainscough→
director · ~54y · appointed 2009-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAY, David James→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-04-01 · resigned 2011-11-30
Resigned
GRAY, Emma Mary→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-10-29 · resigned 2011-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23