AMBERLEY HOUSE CARE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09224572 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-18
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 11.2y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
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
48 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
70
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1
Very low cash
Cash position: £1
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1
~ YoY
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
£700k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£140k£280k£420k£560k£700kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1£1
Current assets£700.0k£700.0k
Cash£1£1
Debtors£700.0k£700.0k
Net assets£1£1

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-23
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    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  9. 2019-10-23
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    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  10. 2019-10-23
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  11. 2019-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-04
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    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  13. 2019-01-04
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    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  14. 2019-01-04
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  15. 2018-02-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2018-02-06
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-02-06
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    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  18. 2017-05-31
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    Charge satisfied #2
  19. 2017-05-31
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2017-05-04
    BARCLAY, Rupert George Maxwell Lothian resigned
    director
  21. 2017-05-04
    COWLEY, Andrew Christian resigned
    director
  22. 2017-05-03
    BARCLAY, Rupert George Maxwell Lothian appointed
    director
  23. 2017-05-03
    COWLEY, Andrew Christian appointed
    director
  24. 2015-04-01
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2015-04-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2014-09-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AMBERLEY HOUSE CARE LIMITED
  27. 2014-09-18
    ALFLATT, John appointed
    secretary
  28. 2014-09-18
    PATEL, Mahesh Shivabhai appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Minster Care Management Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Minster Care Management Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
AMBERLEY HOUSE CARE LIMITED
This company · 09224572

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Minster Care Management Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-09-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

238 Station Road
Addlestone
Surrey
KT15 2PS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last: 2025-09-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ALFLATT, John
secretary · appointed 2014-09-18
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Active
PATEL, Mahesh Shivabhai
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARCLAY, Rupert George Maxwell Lothian
director · ~69y · appointed 2017-05-03 · resigned 2017-05-04
Resigned
COWLEY, Andrew Christian
director · ~63y · appointed 2017-05-03 · resigned 2017-05-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property01/04/201531/05/2017
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property01/04/201531/05/2017

Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-23
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2019-10-23
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2019-10-23