AMBLER & CO LTD.
🌳Matureactive
09231301 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-23
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-02📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-03-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2014-09-23🏢Company incorporatedAs AMBLER & CO LTD.
- 2014-09-23➕AMBLER, Deborah Mary appointeddirector
- 2014-09-23➕AMBLER, Peter Duncan appointeddirector
- 2014-09-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "AMBLER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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 |
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Mr Peter Duncan Ambler Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/06/2016 |
Mrs Deborah Mary Ambler Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-09-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
6 Warners Grove
St. Ives
Cambridgeshire
PE27 5QA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-07
Last: 2025-09-23
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
AMBLER, Deborah Mary→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2014-09-23
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AMBLER, Peter Duncan→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2014-09-23
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Recent filings (24 total)
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2025-12-28
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2025-10-03
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2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2023-12-17
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2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
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2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2020-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
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2019-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-12-30