AMC ROLLERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04334328 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-05
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£253.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £253,735
Net assets shrinking
Down £33,647 YoY
Cash YoY
-13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£158k
↓ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£254k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£328k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£73k£146k£219k£292k£365kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£272.6k£308.1k
Current assets£327.5k£365.1k
Cash£157.9k£181.0k
Debtors£156.9k£157.4k
Net assets£253.7k£287.4k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 3 confirmation-statement
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  2. 2026-01-24
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  3. 2026-01-09
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  4. 2026-01-09
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  5. 2025-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-01-01
    ➕
    WRENCH, Adam Garod Edward appointed
    director
  10. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-03-23
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2018-01-03
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  18. 2014-10-29
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Robert Fredrick resigned
    director
  19. 2001-12-07
    ➕
    SMITH, Richard Anthony appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-12-07
    ➕
    SMITH, Richard Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2001-12-07
    ➖
    TROUBLESHOOTERS COMPANY SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2001-12-07
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Robert Fredrick appointed
    director
  23. 2001-12-07
    ➖
    TROUBLESHOOTERS (SERVICES FOR BUSINESS) LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2001-12-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMC ROLLERS LIMITED
  25. 2001-12-05
    ➕
    TROUBLESHOOTERS COMPANY SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2001-12-05
    ➕
    TROUBLESHOOTERS (SERVICES FOR BUSINESS) LTD appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Richard Anthony Smith
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-12-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22190 — SIC 22190

Registered office

Polo Grounds Industrial Estate
New Inn
Pontypool
Gwent
NP4 0TW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SMITH, Richard Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Richard Anthony→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-12-07
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Active
WRENCH, Adam Garod Edward→
director · ~43y · appointed 2023-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TROUBLESHOOTERS COMPANY SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-12-05 · resigned 2001-12-07
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Robert Fredrick→
director · ~74y · appointed 2001-12-07 · resigned 2014-10-29
Resigned
TROUBLESHOOTERS (SERVICES FOR BUSINESS) LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2001-12-05 · resigned 2001-12-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-01-30
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-01-24
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-01-09
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-20
confirmation-statement
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14