AMBRECK LLP

💤Zombieactive
OC378458 · llp · incorporated 2012-09-14
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
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
66/100
Strong
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 66/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.5y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
—
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees40004000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-22
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
    mortgage · LLMR01
  3. 2025-10-17
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  4. 2025-10-08
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  5. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-10-04
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  7. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-10-10
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  9. 2023-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-26
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  11. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-03-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
    mortgage · LLMR01
  13. 2022-03-18
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  14. 2022-02-10
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC04
  15. 2022-02-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
  16. 2022-02-10
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC02
  17. 2022-02-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
  18. 2022-02-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
  19. 2021-09-20
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  20. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-11-16
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  22. 2020-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-09-17
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  24. 2019-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2018-10-11
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnership
    mortgage · LLMR04
  26. 2018-10-11
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnership
    mortgage · LLMR04
  27. 2018-10-11
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnership
    mortgage · LLMR04
  28. 2018-10-11
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  29. 2018-10-11
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  30. 2018-10-11
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  31. 2018-09-27
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  32. 2018-09-27
    🔒
    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  33. 2018-09-27
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  34. 2015-08-01
    ➕
    BRAMLEY HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-llp-member
  35. 2015-08-01
    ➖
    GLEN CARE SUPPORTED LIVING SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-llp-member
  36. 2013-12-12
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Santander UK PLC Acting as Security Trustee for Itself and Its Subsidiaries for the Time Being
  37. 2013-12-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Santander UK PLC Acting as Security Trustee for Itself and Its Subsidiaries for the Time Being
  38. 2013-12-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC Acting as Security Trustee for Itself and Its Subsidiaries for the Time Being
  39. 2013-10-01
    ➕
    GLEN CARE SUPPORTED LIVING SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-llp-member
  40. 2012-09-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMBRECK LLP
  41. 2012-09-14
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Gordon Henry appointed
    llp-designated-member
  42. 2012-09-14
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Hilary Jewel appointed
    llp-designated-member

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

5 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Bramley Health Support Services Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Bramley Health Support Services Ltd
Corporate parent
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AMBRECK LLP
This company · OC378458

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Hilary Jewel Phillips
Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78
—75–100%75-100% voting06/04/2016
Mr Gordon Henry Phillips
Individual · British · DOB 11/1947 · age 79
—75–100%75-100% voting06/04/2016
Bramley Health Support Services Ltd
Corporate entity
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Bramley Health Holding Companyceased 10/02/2022· significant influence · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2012-09-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC—

Registered office

6-10 Outram Road
Croydon
CR0 6XE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last: 2025-09-14

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

PHILLIPS, Gordon Henry→
llp-designated-member · ~79y · appointed 2012-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PHILLIPS, Hilary Jewel→
llp-designated-member · ~78y · appointed 2012-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRAMLEY HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES LTD→
corporate-llp-member · appointed 2015-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLEN CARE SUPPORTED LIVING SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-llp-member · appointed 2013-10-01 · resigned 2015-08-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

8
Total charges
5
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—17/10/2025—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge3 properties18/03/2022—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property27/09/2018—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property27/09/2018—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—27/09/2018—
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC Acting as Security Trustee for Itself and Its Subsidiaries for the Time Being
A registered charge1 property12/12/201311/10/2018
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC Acting as Security Trustee for Itself and Its Subsidiaries for the Time Being
A registered charge1 property12/12/201311/10/2018
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC Acting as Security Trustee for Itself and Its Subsidiaries for the Time Being
A registered charge1 property12/12/201311/10/2018
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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR01
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR01
2022-03-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC04
2022-02-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
2022-02-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC02
2022-02-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
2022-02-10