AMB RURAL & COMMERCIAL LTD
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (54/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-16📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-12-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-13🏢Company incorporatedAs AMB RURAL & COMMERCIAL LTD
- 2025-11-13➕TATE-SMITH, Alan Bradley appointeddirector
- 2025-11-13➕TATE-SMITH, Felicity Clare appointeddirector
- 2025-11-13📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 0.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Fuw Insurance Services Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alan Bradley Tate-Smith Individual · British · DOB 06/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/11/2025 |
Fuw Insurance Services Ltd Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/11/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Felicity Clare Tate-Smithceased 04/12/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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