AMBER POWDER COATINGS LTD
🌳Matureactive
08390085 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-05
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£170.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -36% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £170,616
Cash YoY
-36%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£44k
↓ 36% YoY
Net Worth
£171k
↑ 2.4% YoY
Current Assets
£211k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £174.1k | £170.1k |
| Current assets | £211.5k | £244.5k |
| Cash | £44.1k | £68.6k |
| Debtors | £167.4k | £175.9k |
| Net assets | £170.6k | £166.6k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-17📄legacymiscellaneous · RP04CS01
- 2018-10-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-10-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-10-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2016-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-01➕CLINTON, Colin appointeddirector
- 2013-02-05🏢Company incorporatedAs AMBER POWDER COATINGS LTD
- 2013-02-05➕SARGESON, John Stephen appointeddirector
- 2013-02-05➕SARGESON, John Robert appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Colin Clinton Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/03/2017 |
Mr John Stephen Sargeson Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr John Robert Sargesonceased 01/03/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-02-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 2 St Johns Business Park
St Johns Grove, Southcoates Lane
Hull
HU9 3RL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
CLINTON, Colin→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2016-03-01
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SARGESON, John Stephen→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2013-02-05
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SARGESON, John Robert→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2013-02-05
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Recent filings (31 total)
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2025-10-22
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2025-02-11
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2024-08-19
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2024-02-07
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2023-09-22
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2023-02-07
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2022-10-07
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2022-02-09
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2021-07-30
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2021-02-22
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2020-09-01
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2020-02-05
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2019-11-26
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2019-02-13