AM & PM CATERING (COUNTRY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03663910 · ltd · incorporated 1998-11-09
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
—
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£-36.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Event catering activities
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £36,816

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£37k
↑ 37% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£58k-£46k-£34k-£22k-£10k£2kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£-36.8k£-58.4k
Current assets£1.4k£2.1k
Net assets£-36.8k£-58.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-11-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-07-14
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-11-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 1998-11-09
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    Company incorporated
    As AM & PM CATERING (COUNTRY) LIMITED
  17. 1998-11-09
    ➕
    CAREY, Alastair Mohun appointed
    secretary
  18. 1998-11-09
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    CAREY, Alastair Mohun appointed
    director
  19. 1998-11-09
    ➕
    CAREY, Elizabeth Mary appointed
    director
  20. 1998-11-09
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1998-11-09
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1998-11-09
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1998-11-09
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alastair Mohun Carey
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest07/11/2016

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
Incorporated1998-11-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

Neatham Cottage
Neatham
Alton
Hampshire
GU34 4NP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-23
Last: 2025-11-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CAREY, Alastair Mohun→
secretary · appointed 1998-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAREY, Alastair Mohun→
director · ~71y · appointed 1998-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAREY, Elizabeth Mary→
director · ~66y · appointed 1998-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-11-09 · resigned 1998-11-09
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-11-09 · resigned 1998-11-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-18