ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY SERVICES LIMITED

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04308758 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-22
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
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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.

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£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-11-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2020-11-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-11-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2001-10-25
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 2001-10-25
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  19. 2001-10-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2001-10-22
    ➕
    RIDDELL, Kim appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-10-22
    ➕
    RIDDELL, Martin appointed
    director
  22. 2001-10-22
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-10-22
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Martin Riddell
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
75–100%
—board control75-100% shares · board control22/10/2016

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
Incorporated2001-10-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

76 Mount Road
Wordsley
Stourbridge
DY8 5AR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

RIDDELL, Kim→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-22
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Active
RIDDELL, Martin→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-10-22
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Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-22 · resigned 2001-10-25
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-22 · resigned 2001-10-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-09