A.M.R. COMPUTER CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03077655 · ltd · incorporated 1995-07-10
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-10.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £10,403

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£10k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£58k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£10k£3k£17k£31k£44k£58kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-10.4k£-9.0k
Current assets£58.2k£58.0k
Net assets£-10.4k£-9.0k

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
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-07-29
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  3. 2023-09-15
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  4. 2022-08-11
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-28
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2021-12-24
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    RANSOM, Sheila resigned
    secretary
  7. 2021-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-17
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  9. 2019-05-17
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  10. 2018-08-24
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  11. 2017-07-10
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  12. 2016-07-11
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  13. 2015-09-10
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  14. 2015-07-10
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  15. 2014-08-01
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  16. 2014-07-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-06-18
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    PARSONS, Ian Jason appointed
    director
  18. 1995-07-25
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    RANSOM, Andrew Milner appointed
    director
  19. 1995-07-25
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    RANSOM, Sheila appointed
    secretary
  20. 1995-07-25
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    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1995-07-25
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    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1995-07-10
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    Company incorporated
    As A.M.R. COMPUTER CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  23. 1995-07-10
    ➕
    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1995-07-10
    ➕
    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
Andrew Milner Ransom
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
—75–100%board control75-100% voting · board control30/06/2016

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
Incorporated1995-07-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

56a London Road
Apsley, Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP3 9SB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PARSONS, Ian Jason→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RANSOM, Andrew Milner→
director · ~64y · appointed 1995-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RANSOM, Sheila→
secretary · appointed 1995-07-25 · resigned 2021-12-24
Resigned
ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-07-10 · resigned 1995-07-25
Resigned
ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-07-10 · resigned 1995-07-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (86 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-17