AML COMPUTERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04285608 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-11
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.3y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees—200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-23
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2026-07-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  3. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-06
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2018-09-19
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  14. 2018-08-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2017-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-11-16
    ➖
    LEY, Annette resigned
    director
  18. 2012-03-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Stancliffe S S Limited
  19. 2006-03-30
    ➕
    LEY, Annette appointed
    director
  20. 2006-03-30
    ➖
    LEY, Derrick Ernest Alfred Gordon resigned
    director
  21. 2001-09-11
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    Company incorporated
    As AML COMPUTERS LIMITED
  22. 2001-09-11
    ➕
    LEY, Adrian Mark appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-09-11
    ➕
    LEY, Adrian Mark appointed
    director
  24. 2001-09-11
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2001-09-11
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2001-09-11
    ➕
    LEY, Derrick Ernest Alfred Gordon appointed
    director
  27. 2001-09-11
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2001-09-11
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Adrian Mark Ley
Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51
75–100%
—75-100% shares11/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-09-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47410 — Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores

Registered office

3 Coppice Close
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 4TA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

LEY, Adrian Mark→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-11
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Active
LEY, Adrian Mark→
director · ~51y · appointed 2001-09-11
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Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-09-11 · resigned 2001-09-11
Resigned
LEY, Annette→
director · ~54y · appointed 2006-03-30 · resigned 2015-11-16
Resigned
LEY, Derrick Ernest Alfred Gordon→
director · ~96y · appointed 2001-09-11 · resigned 2006-03-30
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2001-09-11 · resigned 2001-09-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Stancliffe S S
Stancliffe S S Limited
Charge1 property22/03/201223/07/2026

Recent filings (72 total)

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-13