AMBIA HOLDINGS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

11271094 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-22

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£76.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

16 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £76,407

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,482 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£76k

↓ 3.1% YoY

Current Assets

£77k

↓ 2.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£77.4k	£79.5k
Current assets	£77.4k	£79.5k
Net assets	£76.4k	£78.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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accounts · AA
2024-10-17
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accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-11
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accounts · AA
2018-03-22
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Company incorporated
As AMBIA HOLDINGS LTD
2018-03-22
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AMBIA, Gulam appointed
director
2018-03-22
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SAHEDA, Gulam Akhtar appointed
director
2018-03-22
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100

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

+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 "AMBIA" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gulam Ambia Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	22/03/2018
Mrs Gulam Akhtar Saheda Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	22/03/2018

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

Incorporated2018-03-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

31 Tavistock Avenue

St Albans

Hertfordshire

AL1 2NQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-04

Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AMBIA, Gulam→

director · ~63y · appointed 2018-03-22

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SAHEDA, Gulam Akhtar→

director · ~60y · appointed 2018-03-22

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