AMARANTHLABS LTD

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16138170 · ltd · incorporated 2024-12-16
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: 1 insolvency-related filing on record. Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
64
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 resolution
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 resolution
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 resolution
  • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-15
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  2. 2026-04-16
    📄
    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  3. 2026-04-08
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01SH01
  4. 2025-12-01
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-12-01
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-10-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-10-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2025-05-30
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2025-05-27
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2025-05-07
    📄
    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  11. 2025-04-30
    📄
    capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
    capital · SH19
  12. 2025-04-30
    ⚠️
    legacy
    insolvency · CAP-SS
  13. 2025-04-30
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2024-12-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMARANTHLABS LTD
  15. 2024-12-16
    GLIK, Mikhail appointed
    director
  16. 2024-12-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high · 1 low
1 insolvency-related filing on record
high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2025-04-30: legacy

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mikhail Glik
Individual · Russian · DOB 12/1995 · age 31
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control16/12/2024

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
Incorporated2024-12-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

Ground Floor, 22 The Quadrant
Abingdon
OX14 3YS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-16
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GLIK, Mikhail
director · ~31y · appointed 2024-12-16
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Recent filings (15 total)

resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-15
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-04-16
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01SH01
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-05-27
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-05-07
capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
capital · SH19
2025-04-30
legacy
insolvency · CAP-SS
2025-04-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-12-16