A M SYSTEMS (ENGINEERING) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03342075 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-27

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

96090Other service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.7y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 25.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	2	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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2024-12-20
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2023-12-08
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2022-12-29
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2022-02-21
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officers · CH01
2022-02-21
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officers · CH03
2022-01-08
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2021-04-27
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address · AD01
2020-11-06
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2019-12-30
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2018-12-28
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2017-12-27
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2016-12-28
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2016-03-24
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2015-12-29
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2006-01-01
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ALLMARK, Jill appointed
secretary
2006-01-01
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CONWAY, Nichola Mary resigned
secretary
2003-01-24
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CONWAY, Nichola Mary appointed
secretary
2003-01-24
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SPEED, Martin George resigned
secretary
2002-03-19
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CONWAY, Nichola Mary resigned
secretary
2002-03-19
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SPEED, Martin George appointed
secretary
2000-10-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1998-04-03
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CONWAY, Nichola Mary appointed
secretary
1998-04-01
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COLLINGE, Janet Louise resigned
secretary
1997-04-08
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ALLMARK, Andrew appointed
director
1997-04-08
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COLLINGE, Janet Louise appointed
secretary
1997-04-08
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-04-08
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1997-03-27
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Company incorporated
As A M SYSTEMS (ENGINEERING) LIMITED
1997-03-27
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-03-27
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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 29 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Allmark Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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

Incorporated1997-03-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

17 Ash Magna

Whitchurch

Shropshire

SY13 4DR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-06

Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

ALLMARK, Jill→

secretary · appointed 2006-01-01

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Active

ALLMARK, Andrew→

director · ~62y · appointed 1997-04-08

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Active

COLLINGE, Janet Louise→

secretary · appointed 1997-04-08 · resigned 1998-04-01

Resigned

CONWAY, Nichola Mary→

secretary · appointed 2003-01-24 · resigned 2006-01-01

Resigned

CONWAY, Nichola Mary→

secretary · appointed 1998-04-03 · resigned 2002-03-19

Resigned

SPEED, Martin George→

secretary · appointed 2002-03-19 · resigned 2003-01-24

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-27 · resigned 1997-04-08

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-03-27 · resigned 1997-04-08

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Mortgage debenture	1 property	09/10/2000	—

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Recent filings (81 total)

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2026-02-26

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accounts · AA

2025-12-30

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2025-02-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-12-20

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-08

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-12-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-07

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-02-21

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2022-02-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-01-08

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-04-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-02-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-11-06