AMIBARA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07172319 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-01
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
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£-122.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 5.1y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £122,061

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£259
Net Worth
-£122k
↓ 1.2% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↑ 83% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£122k-£97k-£72k-£47k-£22k£3kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£245.3k£215.2k
Current assets£3.1k£1.7k
Cash£259—
Debtors£2.8k—
Net assets£-122.1k£-120.6k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-05-08
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-08
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  5. 2022-06-30
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  6. 2021-09-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2021-09-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Richard Jacob
  8. 2021-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-26
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    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2021-05-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Richard Jacob
  11. 2020-08-24
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-18
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    address · AD01
  13. 2019-02-05
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    accounts · AA01
  14. 2019-01-25
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    address · AD01
  15. 2018-12-21
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  16. 2017-12-27
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  17. 2016-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-02-28
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    JACOB, Tracey Helen appointed
    secretary
  19. 2012-02-28
    ➖
    JACOB, Richard resigned
    secretary
  20. 2011-02-28
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    JACOB, Richard Ernest John resigned
    director
  21. 2010-05-01
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    JACOB, Tracey Helen appointed
    director
  22. 2010-03-01
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    Company incorporated
    As AMIBARA LIMITED
  23. 2010-03-01
    ➕
    JACOB, Richard appointed
    secretary
  24. 2010-03-01
    ➕
    CULL, Martyn Gerard appointed
    director
  25. 2010-03-01
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    CULL, Martyn Gerard resigned
    director
  26. 2010-03-01
    ➕
    JACOB, Richard Ernest 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Incorporated2010-03-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

9 Malvern Road
Worcester
WR2 4LE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

JACOB, Tracey Helen→
secretary · appointed 2012-02-28
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Active
JACOB, Tracey Helen→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-05-01
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Active
JACOB, Richard→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-01 · resigned 2012-02-28
Resigned
CULL, Martyn Gerard→
director · ~48y · appointed 2010-03-01 · resigned 2010-03-01
Resigned
JACOB, Richard Ernest John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-03-01 · resigned 2011-02-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Richard Jacob
A registered charge1 property20/09/2021—
outstanding
Richard Jacob
A registered charge1 property17/05/2021—
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Recent filings (45 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-06-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
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accounts · AA
2025-05-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
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accounts · AA
2024-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-01
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-24