Amber House Ltd
1 brands · founded 2005 · United KingdomAmber House Ltd is a British sales, marketing and distribution company based at The Old Dairy in Lewes, East Sussex. The company describes itself as a distributor that brings international health, beauty and personal-care brands to the retail markets of the United Kingdom and the European Union, while also owning and licensing a portfolio of its own consumer brands [1]. It dates its founding to 2005 [2].
Alongside that distribution work, Amber House functions as a small holding company for the labels it owns, and since the early 2020s it has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Swedish consumer-goods group Humble Group AB (publ) [5][6].
History & milestones
According to the company, Amber House Ltd was established in 2005 [2]. From its base in East Sussex, the business developed along two lines that still define it today: acting as a distributor for international health and beauty brands owned by others across the United Kingdom and European Union markets, and building up a portfolio of its own labels that it markets directly to retailers [1]. Its registered office is recorded as The Old Dairy on Barcombe Mills Road in Lewes [4].
Over the years that followed, the company established itself as a specialist in the health, beauty and personal-care sector, combining the roles of importer, distributor and brand owner. In the early 2020s, control of Amber House passed to Humble Group AB, the Swedish group under which it now operates as a subsidiary [5].
Portfolio & brands
Amber House lists five owned brands: Read My Lips, Glo32, Erasmic, Nulon and Spin [3]. These sit in the personal-care and beauty categories and are the labels the company holds and licenses in its own right, as distinct from the wider set of third-party brands it distributes on behalf of other owners. The group markets these owned brands to retailers across the United Kingdom and the European Union, drawing on the sales and distribution network it has built since the mid-2000s [1].
Ownership
Amber House Ltd is privately held. Filings with Companies House name Humble Group AB (publ) as the company's person with significant control, holding 75 percent or more of its shares [5]. Humble Group is a Swedish consumer-goods group whose portfolio spans health, wellness and personal-care companies [6]. Under that structure, Amber House operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary within the wider group rather than as an independent business, while continuing to run its distribution and brand-owning activities from Lewes.
Sources
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- [3]T1amberhouseltd.co.uk/brands/owned/amberhouseltd.co.uk (company)
- [4]T1find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05317536find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk (company)
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- [6]T2humblegroup.com/about-us/our-companies/humblegroup.com
