AMATEY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08097573 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-08
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (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 (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-20📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2023-09-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-08-04📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-06-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-06-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-01➕DOBSON, Helen Rachel appointeddirector
- 2023-05-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-05-03📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-05-03📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-09-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2012-07-03➖TOWNE, Allison resigneddirector
- 2012-07-02➕DOBSON, John William appointeddirector
- 2012-06-08🏢Company incorporatedAs AMATEY LIMITED
- 2012-06-08➕TOWNE, Allison appointeddirector
Owner dependency
74/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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 14 years.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr John William Dobson Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63 | 50–75% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Helen Rachel Dobson Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 20/09/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-06-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
33 Gibbet Street
Halifax
HX1 5BA
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
DOBSON, Helen Rachel→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2023-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DOBSON, John William→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2012-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TOWNE, Allison→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2012-06-08 · resigned 2012-07-03
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Recent filings (58 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2023-09-20
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-09-20
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2023-08-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-16