AMO TEA COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00131700 · ltd · incorporated 1913-10-20

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 64.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£10.81M

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10390

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 64.0y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 64.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

26 officers (6 active, 26 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

137 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · IFRS

Strong liquidity

Current ratio 2.28 — comfortable headroom

Positive net assets

Net assets £10,807,167

Current ratio

2.28

Liquidity — >1 is healthy

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£11m

Current Assets

£8.3m

Current Liabilities

£3.7m

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2024-12-31
Current assets	£8.35M
Current liabilities	£3.66M
Net assets	£10.81M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (68 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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officers · TM01
2025-12-31
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MOORSHID, Syed Sarwar resigned
director
2025-09-02
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accounts · AA
2025-07-14
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officers · AP01
2025-06-01
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AHMED, Nasir Uddin appointed
director
2025-01-31
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officers · AP01
2025-01-28
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2025-01-27
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officers · AP01
2025-01-10
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officers · AP01
2025-01-10
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officers · TM01
2025-01-10
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officers · TM01
2025-01-01
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COOMBS, Kenneth Byron appointed
director
2025-01-01
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HINDIA, Nischal Vinesh appointed
director
2025-01-01
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RAHMAN, Mustafizur appointed
director
2025-01-01
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MOORSHID, Syed Sarwar appointed
director
2024-12-31
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AHMED, Imran resigned
director
2024-12-31
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PANTER, Joe Fredrick Bertie resigned
director
2024-12-11
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officers · TM01
2024-11-30
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QUADIR, Syed Ehsan resigned
director
2024-08-02
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officers · TM02
2024-08-02
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officers · AP03
2024-08-01
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HINDIA, Nischal Vinesh appointed
secretary
2024-08-01
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BODRI, Anita Denise resigned
secretary
2024-06-13
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accounts · AA
2024-01-12
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officers · AP03
2024-01-12
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-12-31
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BODRI, Anita Denise appointed
secretary
2023-12-31
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TAKK, Amarpal resigned
secretary
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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2023-03-29
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address · AD01
2022-10-07
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accounts · AA
2022-03-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-22
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officers · AP01
2022-03-09
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FIELD, Peter John resigned
director
2022-03-09
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PANTER, Joe Fredrick Bertie appointed
director
2021-03-15
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Charge satisfied #2
2021-03-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-03-03
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BHUIYA, Abdur Rouf resigned
director
2021-03-03
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QUADIR, Syed Ehsan appointed
director
2018-04-20
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MORTON, Julia Alison resigned
secretary
2018-04-20
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TAKK, Amarpal appointed
secretary
2015-06-12
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WALKER, Susan Ann appointed
director
2015-06-04
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MATHUR, Anil Kumar resigned
director
2011-09-01
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MATHUR, Anil Kumar resigned
secretary
2011-09-01
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MORTON, Julia Alison appointed
secretary
2011-03-29
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CONWAY, Michael David resigned
secretary
2011-03-29
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MATHUR, Anil Kumar appointed
secretary
2011-03-29
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CONWAY, Michael David resigned
director
2009-12-01
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FIELD, Peter John appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 68 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Lawrie Group Plc is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Lawrie Group Plc

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AMO TEA COMPANY LIMITED

This company · 00131700

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Lawrie Group Plc Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1913-10-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10390 — SIC 10390

Registered office

Wrotham Place Bull Lane

Wrotham

Near Sevenoaks

Kent

TN15 7AE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-04

Last: 2025-06-20