AMANDA BRITAIN LTD

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SC454489 · ltd · incorporated 2013-07-15
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
£237.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
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
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £237,267
Cash YoY
+23%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↑ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£237k
↑ 5.1% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£47k£95k£142k£190k£237kJul 2023Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£247.1k£234.6k£221.2k
Current assets£5.2k—£2.9k
Cash£4.0k£3.3k£2.9k
Debtors£1.2k——
Net assets£237.3k£225.7k£214.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-10-22
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    change-person-director-company
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-10-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-09-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-09-16
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    change-person-director-company
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-09-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-08-31
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares-treasury-capital-date
    capital · SH03
  18. 2013-07-15
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    Company incorporated
    As AMANDA BRITAIN LTD
  19. 2013-07-15
    ➕
    BRITAIN, Amanda Kate appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRITAIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Amanda Kate Britain
Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control15/07/2016

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
Incorporated2013-07-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Dunluce Prospect Road Prospect Road
Dullatur
Glasgow
G68 0AN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BRITAIN, Amanda Kate→
director · ~72y · appointed 2013-07-15
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Recent filings (35 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-22