AMA DATASET LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02620046 · ltd · incorporated 1991-06-13
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
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£717.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
  • 63110Data processing, hosting and related activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.8y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £717,460

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£717k
↑ 6.7% YoY
Current Assets
£761k
↑ 4.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£152k£304k£457k£609k£761kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£717.5k£672.4k
Current assets£761.0k£728.6k
Net assets£717.5k£672.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-25
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  2. 2025-04-01
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  3. 2024-07-09
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  4. 2023-06-27
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  5. 2022-07-07
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  6. 2021-07-16
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  7. 2020-07-16
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  8. 2019-06-19
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  9. 2018-06-21
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  10. 2017-07-07
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  11. 2016-06-27
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  12. 2016-06-21
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  13. 2015-07-20
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  14. 2015-07-20
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  15. 2015-07-20
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  16. 2015-07-03
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    MATHER, Karen appointed
    secretary
  17. 2015-07-03
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    MATHER, Simon Lewis Peter resigned
    secretary
  18. 2015-02-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2010-09-30
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    STARK, Graham Frank resigned
    director
  20. 2008-04-05
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    MATHER, Andrew Denis resigned
    director
  21. 2007-09-07
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    STARK, Graham Frank appointed
    director
  22. 1995-10-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1991-07-26
    ➕
    MATHER, Simon Lewis Peter appointed
    director
  24. 1991-07-26
    ➕
    MATHER, Simon Lewis Peter appointed
    secretary
  25. 1991-07-26
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1991-07-26
    ➕
    MATHER, Andrew Denis appointed
    director
  27. 1991-07-26
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1991-06-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AMA DATASET LIMITED
  29. 1991-06-13
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1991-06-13
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Lewis Peter Mather
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-06-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58190 — Other publishing activities

Registered office

3-5 School Lane
Bamber Bridge
Preston
Lancs
PR5 6QD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-27
Last: 2026-06-13

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MATHER, Karen→
secretary · appointed 2015-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MATHER, Simon Lewis Peter→
director · ~62y · appointed 1991-07-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MATHER, Simon Lewis Peter→
secretary · appointed 1991-07-26 · resigned 2015-07-03
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-06-13 · resigned 1991-07-26
Resigned
MATHER, Andrew Denis→
director · ~88y · appointed 1991-07-26 · resigned 2008-04-05
Resigned
STARK, Graham Frank→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-09-07 · resigned 2010-09-30
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-06-13 · resigned 1991-07-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property04/10/199513/02/2015

Recent filings (95 total)

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2026-06-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-19
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2025-06-22
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2025-04-01
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accounts · AA
2024-07-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
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accounts · AA
2023-06-27
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2023-06-16
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accounts · AA
2022-07-07
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2022-06-13
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2021-07-16
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2021-06-28
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accounts · AA
2020-07-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-15
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accounts · AA
2019-06-19