AMON LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
01499978 · ltd · incorporated 1980-06-05
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£3.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
106 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
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 £3,167

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£3k
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£633£1k£2k£3k£3kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£3.2k£3.2k
Net assets£3.2k£3.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
2
filings
  • 1 incorporation
  • 1 resolution
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 incorporation
  • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 incorporation
  • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-09
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  2. 2026-05-09
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2026-04-18
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2026-04-14
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2025-05-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-01-07
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2024-12-04
    BRIAN, Sonia Adrienne resigned
    secretary
  8. 2024-06-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-01-10
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2023-06-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-04-12
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  12. 2023-04-12
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2023-04-12
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2023-04-12
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2022-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-06-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-01-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-06-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2006-08-21
    BRIAN, Carl Adrian appointed
    director
  20. 2006-08-18
    CAMAMILE, Gerrard Hugh resigned
    director
  21. 1995-03-21
    BRIAN, Sonia Adrienne appointed
    secretary
  22. 1995-03-21
    CAMAMILE, Gerrard Hugh resigned
    secretary
  23. 1995-03-21
    BRIAN, Edward Arthur resigned
    director
  24. 1995-03-21
    CAMAMILE, Gerrard Hugh appointed
    director
  25. 1980-06-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMON LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 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

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

🏛️
Headcrown Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
AMON LIMITED
This company · 01499978

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
Headcrown Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
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.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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7 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
Incorporated1980-06-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

15 Newland
Lincoln
LN1 1XG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

BRIAN, Carl Adrian
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-08-21
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Active
BRIAN, Sonia Adrienne
secretary · appointed 1995-03-21 · resigned 2024-12-04
Resigned
CAMAMILE, Gerrard Hugh
secretary · resigned 1995-03-21
Resigned
BRIAN, Edward Arthur
director · ~99y · resigned 1995-03-21
Resigned
CAMAMILE, Gerrard Hugh
director · ~98y · appointed 1995-03-21 · resigned 2006-08-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (106 total)

memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-05-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-09
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-04-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-12