AMBER ROOFING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC130516 · ltd · incorporated 1991-03-12
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 34.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£709.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Roofing activities
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 34.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 34.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 7 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £709,175

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£660k
Net Worth
£709k
Current Assets
£943k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-30
Total assets£798.5k
Current assets£943.0k
Cash£660.3k
Debtors£138.5k
Net assets£709.2k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2026-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-07-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-06-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2025-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-05-31
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    WINTON, Stuart resigned
    director
  13. 2019-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-05-01
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    EDWARDS, Graeme William appointed
    director
  18. 2013-05-01
    ➕
    WINTON, Stuart appointed
    director
  19. 2009-06-10
    ➖
    CLARK, Bruce resigned
    director
  20. 2008-05-06
    ➖
    WARD, Brian Patrick resigned
    director
  21. 2006-09-01
    ➕
    CLARK, Bruce appointed
    director
  22. 2003-08-04
    ➕
    OLIVER, Gary appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-08-01
    ➖
    OLIVER, Fiona resigned
    secretary
  24. 2000-04-01
    ➕
    OLIVER, Gary appointed
    director
  25. 2000-04-01
    ➕
    OLIVER, Fiona appointed
    secretary
  26. 2000-04-01
    ➕
    WARD, Brian Patrick appointed
    director
  27. 2000-03-31
    ➖
    OLIVER, Veronica resigned
    secretary
  28. 2000-03-31
    ➖
    OLIVER, Christopher Lindsay resigned
    director
  29. 1994-02-25
    ➖
    DONNELLY, Brian resigned
    director
  30. 1993-05-17
    ➖
    OLIVER, Christopher Lindsay resigned
    secretary
  31. 1993-05-17
    ➕
    OLIVER, Veronica appointed
    secretary
  32. 1991-06-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  33. 1991-03-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMBER ROOFING LIMITED
  34. 1991-03-12
    ➕
    OLIVER, Christopher Lindsay appointed
    secretary
  35. 1991-03-12
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1991-03-12
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 1991-03-12
    ➕
    DONNELLY, Brian appointed
    director
  38. 1991-03-12
    ➕
    OLIVER, Christopher Lindsay appointed
    director
  39. 1991-03-12
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  40. 1991-03-12
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary Oliver
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
50–75%
—50-75% shares19/05/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-03-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43910 — Roofing activities

Registered office

5d Thistle Industrial Estate
Church Street
Cowdenbeath
KY4 8LP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

OLIVER, Gary→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-04
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Active
EDWARDS, Graeme William→
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-05-01
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Active
OLIVER, Gary→
director · ~59y · appointed 2000-04-01
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Active
OLIVER, Christopher Lindsay→
secretary · appointed 1991-03-12 · resigned 1993-05-17
Resigned
OLIVER, Fiona→
secretary · appointed 2000-04-01 · resigned 2003-08-01
Resigned
OLIVER, Veronica→
secretary · appointed 1993-05-17 · resigned 2000-03-31
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-03-12 · resigned 1991-03-12
Resigned
CLARK, Bruce→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-09-01 · resigned 2009-06-10
Resigned
DONNELLY, Brian→
director · ~71y · appointed 1991-03-12 · resigned 1994-02-25
Resigned
OLIVER, Christopher Lindsay→
director · ~81y · appointed 1991-03-12 · resigned 2000-03-31
Resigned
WARD, Brian Patrick→
director · ~54y · appointed 2000-04-01 · resigned 2008-05-06
Resigned
WINTON, Stuart→
director · ~69y · appointed 2013-05-01 · resigned 2019-05-31
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-03-12 · resigned 1991-03-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property21/06/1991—
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Recent filings (100 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-02-15