AMPHLETTS SOLICITORS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07382932 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-21
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 12.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£83.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 12.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £83,903
Cash YoY
+63313%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£5k
↑ 63313% YoY
Net Worth
£84k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£157k
↓ 7.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £83.9k | £70.3k |
| Current assets | £156.9k | £169.8k |
| Cash | £5.1k | £8 |
| Debtors | £151.8k | £169.8k |
| Net assets | £83.9k | £70.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-10-05📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-02-26📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2020-02-25📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2020-02-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-02-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-01-31➕OWEN, Simon Winstanley appointeddirector
- 2020-01-31➖HIND, Christopher resigneddirector
- 2020-01-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-09-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2013-11-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2010-09-21🏢Company incorporatedAs AMPHLETTS SOLICITORS LIMITED
- 2010-09-21➕EDMONDSON, Gareth appointedsecretary
- 2010-09-21➕EDMONDSON, Gareth appointeddirector
- 2010-09-21➕HIND, Christopher appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Gareth Edmondson Individual · Welsh · DOB 09/1962 · age 64 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Christopher Hindceased 25/02/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-09-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors
Registered office
49 Conway Road
Colwyn Bay
Conwy
LL29 7AN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
EDMONDSON, Gareth→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2010-09-21
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OWEN, Simon Winstanley→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2020-01-31
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HIND, Christopher→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2010-09-21 · resigned 2020-01-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/11/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (47 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-10-05