AMBER CHAIR FRAMES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
09240965 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-30
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-181.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -90% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
32 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £181,741
Cash draining
Cash down 90% YoY
Cash YoY
-90%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2k
↓ 90% YoY
Net Worth
-£182k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£53k
↓ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-95.6k | £-58.9k |
| Current assets | £52.5k | £81.7k |
| Cash | £1.6k | £16.0k |
| Debtors | £45.8k | £53.3k |
| Net assets | £-181.7k | £-126.3k |
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
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-08-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-04-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-12-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-12-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-30🏢Company incorporatedAs AMBER CHAIR FRAMES LIMITED
- 2014-09-30➕FLINT, Allan Leslie appointeddirector
Owner dependency
95/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
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 Allan Leslie Flint Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Ms Yvonne Capewell Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| A.P.C. SCHOOLWEAR LIMITED→ 03068257 · est 1995 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 30y | — | — |
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| ALLTON WARPING LIMITED→ 03386444 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
| ALLUMY GOLF LIMITED→ 14391863 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ALPHA INTERIOR DESIGNS LTD→ 13326248 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ALUMINIUM BENDING SPECIALISTS LIMITED→ 02883903 · est 1993 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 32y | — | — |
| AMD ELECTRIC LIMITED→ 11186736 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| AMELIE ROSE GIFT CO LTD→ 16057270 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AMOKABEL FLEXISHIELD LTD→ 04884181 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
| AMPETRONIC LIMITED→ 02095350 · est 1987 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 39y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-09-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture
Registered office
1 Crow Hill Drive
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG19 7AE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-11
Last: 2025-09-27
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
FLINT, Allan Leslie→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2014-09-30
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Recent filings (32 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-11-30