AMBLESIDE (FREEHOLD) LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

15028775 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-25

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2024

Net worth

£12

book net assets

Opportunity

63/100

Worth a look

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (8 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

63/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality

Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £12

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£12

Current Assets

£12

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-07-31
Total assets	£12
Current assets	£12
Net assets	£12

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 8 officers
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 8 officers
• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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officers · CH01
2026-03-30
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officers · CH01
2026-03-30
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officers · CH01
2026-03-19
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officers · CH01
2026-03-19
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officers · CH01
2026-03-19
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officers · CH01
2026-03-19
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officers · CH01
2026-03-18
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officers · CH04
2026-03-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-18
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MCCARTHY, Penelope Jane resigned
director
2025-11-18
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officers · TM01
2025-11-18
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officers · TM01
2025-06-27
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BOAFO-YIRENKYI, Melanie, Dr resigned
director
2024-08-08
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accounts · AA
2024-02-07
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HAMMOND PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2024-02-07
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officers · AP04
2024-02-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-18
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BOAFO-YIRENKYI, Melanie, Dr appointed
director
2023-12-18
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officers · AP01
2023-11-22
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capital · SH01
2023-10-04
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RAYNER, Melissa, Dr appointed
director
2023-10-04
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officers · AP01
2023-09-05
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capital · SH01
2023-08-16
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officers · AP01
2023-08-16
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officers · AP01
2023-08-16
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officers · AP01
2023-08-11
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KUMAR, Shivani Kusum Sophia appointed
director
2023-08-11
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PATEL, Sangeeta appointed
director
2023-08-11
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MCCARTHY, Penelope Jane appointed
director
2023-08-09
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KUROWSKI, Mario John appointed
director
2023-07-25
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Company incorporated
As AMBLESIDE (FREEHOLD) LIMITED
2023-07-25
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BARBER, Lee Lorraine appointed
director
2023-07-25
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ELLIOTT, Neil Ian appointed
director
2023-07-25
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PATEL, Rupa Chandrakant appointed
director

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med ·

Accounts overdue

high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-30

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BOAFO-YIRENKYI, Melanie, Dr resigned 2025-06-27; MCCARTHY, Penelope Jane resigned 2025-11-18

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2023-07-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Unit 1 Manor Farm

Manor Road

Bexley

DA5 3LX

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-04-30OVERDUE

Last made up to: 2024-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-06

Last: 2025-11-22