AMADEUS ONE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08920660 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-04
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47791
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
41 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-12-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2014-04-02
    ➕
    ELSHOUT, Andre Max appointed
    director
  17. 2014-04-02
    ➕
    KEMINK, Liesette Barna appointed
    director
  18. 2014-04-02
    ➖
    GATELEY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2014-04-02
    ➖
    WARD, Michael James resigned
    director
  20. 2014-04-02
    ➖
    GATELEY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2014-03-04
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    Company incorporated
    As AMADEUS ONE LIMITED
  22. 2014-03-04
    ➕
    GATELEY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2014-03-04
    ➕
    WARD, Michael James appointed
    director
  24. 2014-03-04
    ➕
    GATELEY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 12 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andre Max Elshout
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47791 — SIC 47791

Registered office

Foxcote House Foxcote House
High Street
Moreton In Marsh
Gloucestershire
GL56 0AD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ELSHOUT, Andre Max→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEMINK, Liesette Barna→
director · ~57y · appointed 2014-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GATELEY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-03-04 · resigned 2014-04-02
Resigned
WARD, Michael James→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-03-04 · resigned 2014-04-02
Resigned
GATELEY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2014-03-04 · resigned 2014-04-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-11