AM BRITANNIA LTD

🌳Matureactive

07720051 · ltd · incorporated 2011-07-27

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 12.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 12.0y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 12.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	300	300

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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accounts · AA
2024-04-30
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accounts · AA
2023-04-28
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accounts · AA
2022-04-29
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accounts · AA
2021-04-30
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accounts · AA
2020-07-23
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accounts · AA
2019-04-30
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accounts · AA
2018-04-30
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accounts · AA
2017-09-26
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mortgage · MR01
2017-09-26
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mortgage · MR01
2017-04-28
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accounts · AA
2016-11-14
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2016-11-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2016-08-04
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address · AD01
2016-04-29
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accounts · AA
2015-08-11
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2014-07-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2011-07-27
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Company incorporated
As AM BRITANNIA LTD
2011-07-27
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MATHEWS, Andrew appointed
director
2011-07-27
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MATHEWS, Sandra Alison appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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 15 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Mathews Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence	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

Incorporated2011-07-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46110 — Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods

Registered office

40 Carter Street

Uttoxeter

Staffordshire

ST14 8EU

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-10

Last: 2025-07-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MATHEWS, Andrew→

director · ~68y · appointed 2011-07-27

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MATHEWS, Sandra Alison→

director · ~61y · appointed 2011-07-27

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	14/11/2016	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	14/11/2016	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	01/07/2014	—

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