ALBERT AMOR LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03538259 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-31

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 47791

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 24.0y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.0 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, 1 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

13 officers (1 active, 13 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

91 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

—

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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	100	100

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

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2026-04-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-22
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officers · CH01
2026-03-26
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address · AD01
2026-03-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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accounts · AA
2022-09-27
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accounts · AA
2021-09-27
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accounts · AA
2020-09-29
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accounts · AA
2019-09-26
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accounts · AA
2018-09-20
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accounts · AA
2017-09-26
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accounts · AA
2017-09-11
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officers · TM01
2017-07-21
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JEFFERSON, Patrick resigned
director
2017-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2011-05-12
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Charge satisfied #1
2010-07-14
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JEFFERSON, Patrick appointed
director
2010-07-14
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SYKES, Andrew resigned
director
2010-07-14
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SYKES, Richard, Sir resigned
director
2009-12-23
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SYKES, Andrew appointed
director
2009-12-23
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SYKES, Richard, Sir appointed
director
2009-11-13
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LAW, Diana Marie resigned
secretary
2003-07-01
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LAW, Diana Marie appointed
secretary
2003-07-01
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LYNE, Nicholas Richard resigned
secretary
2002-07-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2001-08-09
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CRANE, Paul Nicholas Edward resigned
secretary
2001-08-09
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LYNE, Nicholas Richard appointed
secretary
2000-04-28
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LAW, Mark Henry William appointed
director
2000-04-28
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CRANE, Paul Nicholas Edward appointed
secretary
2000-04-28
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PALLETT, Simon Anthony John resigned
secretary
2000-04-28
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LAILEY, Roger Vincent resigned
director
2000-04-28
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LOWRY, Martin Patrick resigned
director
2000-04-28
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PALLETT, Simon Anthony John resigned
director
1998-08-05
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LAILEY, Roger Vincent appointed
director
1998-04-23
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PALLETT, Simon Anthony John appointed
secretary
1998-04-23
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-04-23
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LOWRY, Martin Patrick appointed
director
1998-04-23
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PALLETT, Simon Anthony John appointed
director
1998-04-23
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1998-03-31
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Company incorporated
As ALBERT AMOR LIMITED
1998-03-31
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-03-31
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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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 Mark Henry William Law Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60	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.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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

Incorporated1998-03-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47791 — SIC 47791

Registered office

3 Bury Street

London

SW1Y 6AB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-06

Last: 2026-04-22

Officers (1 active · 12 resigned)

LAW, Mark Henry William→

director · ~60y · appointed 2000-04-28

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CRANE, Paul Nicholas Edward→

secretary · appointed 2000-04-28 · resigned 2001-08-09

Resigned

LAW, Diana Marie→

secretary · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2009-11-13

Resigned

LYNE, Nicholas Richard→

secretary · appointed 2001-08-09 · resigned 2003-07-01

Resigned

PALLETT, Simon Anthony John→

secretary · appointed 1998-04-23 · resigned 2000-04-28

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-31 · resigned 1998-04-23

Resigned

JEFFERSON, Patrick→

director · ~70y · appointed 2010-07-14 · resigned 2017-07-21

Resigned

LAILEY, Roger Vincent→

director · ~83y · appointed 1998-08-05 · resigned 2000-04-28

Resigned

LOWRY, Martin Patrick→

director · ~82y · appointed 1998-04-23 · resigned 2000-04-28

Resigned

PALLETT, Simon Anthony John→

director · ~70y · appointed 1998-04-23 · resigned 2000-04-28

Resigned

SYKES, Andrew→

director · ~52y · appointed 2009-12-23 · resigned 2010-07-14

Resigned

SYKES, Richard, Sir→

director · ~84y · appointed 2009-12-23 · resigned 2010-07-14

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-31 · resigned 1998-04-23

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	23/07/2002	12/05/2011

Recent filings (91 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-04-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-22

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

officers · CH01

2026-04-22

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

address · AD01

2026-03-26

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-03-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-05