AMADEUS GENERAL PARTNER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC177998 · ltd · incorporated 1997-08-15
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£4.86M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 4 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,864,805

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£280k
Net Worth
£4.9m
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Cash£279.5k
Net assets£4.86M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-07-07
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    DICKINSON, Carl Irving appointed
    director
  8. 2021-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-04
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  14. 2016-02-29
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    DICKINSON, Carl Irving appointed
    secretary
  15. 2016-02-17
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2015-12-31
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    BREWARD, Alastair David Walker resigned
    secretary
  17. 2015-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2006-05-23
    ➕
    BREWARD, Alastair David Walker appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-05-23
    ➖
    WYNN, Peter Barrington resigned
    secretary
  20. 2006-05-23
    ➖
    WYNN, Peter Barrington resigned
    director
  21. 2003-02-13
    ➖
    DUFFY, John Lawrence resigned
    secretary
  22. 2003-02-13
    ➕
    WYNN, Peter Barrington appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-10-26
    ➕
    DUFFY, John Lawrence appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-10-26
    ➖
    WYNN, Peter Barrington resigned
    secretary
  25. 1997-11-11
    ➕
    GLOVER, Anne Margaret appointed
    director
  26. 1997-11-11
    ➕
    HAUSER, Hermann Maria appointed
    director
  27. 1997-11-11
    ➕
    WYNN, Peter Barrington appointed
    secretary
  28. 1997-11-11
    ➖
    BURNESS SOLICITORS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1997-11-11
    ➕
    WYNN, Peter Barrington appointed
    director
  30. 1997-11-11
    ➖
    WJB (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1997-08-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMADEUS GENERAL PARTNER LIMITED
  32. 1997-08-15
    ➕
    BURNESS SOLICITORS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1997-08-15
    ➕
    WJB (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

Group structure

Amadeus Capital Partners Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Amadeus Capital Partners Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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AMADEUS GENERAL PARTNER LIMITED
This company · SC177998

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Amadeus Capital Partners Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-08-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

50 Lothian Road
Edinburgh
EH3 9WJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

DICKINSON, Carl Irving→
secretary · appointed 2016-02-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DICKINSON, Carl Irving→
director · ~47y · appointed 2021-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLOVER, Anne Margaret→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAUSER, Hermann Maria→
director · ~78y · appointed 1997-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREWARD, Alastair David Walker→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-23 · resigned 2015-12-31
Resigned
DUFFY, John Lawrence→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-26 · resigned 2003-02-13
Resigned
WYNN, Peter Barrington→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-13 · resigned 2006-05-23
Resigned
WYNN, Peter Barrington→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-11 · resigned 2001-10-26
Resigned
BURNESS SOLICITORS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-08-15 · resigned 1997-11-11
Resigned
WYNN, Peter Barrington→
director · ~80y · appointed 1997-11-11 · resigned 2006-05-23
Resigned
WJB (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-08-15 · resigned 1997-11-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-29