A. M. VISION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04368191 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-06

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£418.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46140

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -87% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.8y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 15.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

60 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £418,365

Net assets shrinking

Down £51,267 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 87% YoY

Cash YoY

-87%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

↓ 87% YoY

Net Worth

£418k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£129k

↓ 16% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£420.7k	£473.0k
Current assets	£129.5k	£153.6k
Cash	£3.8k	£28.6k
Debtors	£125.7k	£125.1k
Net assets	£418.4k	£469.6k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-11-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Limited
2002-04-05
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ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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2002-04-05
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ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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2002-02-06
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Company incorporated
As A. M. VISION LIMITED
2002-02-06
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MERCER, Lesley Noelle appointed
secretary
2002-02-06
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MERCER, Alan John appointed
director
2002-02-06
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MERCER, Lesley Noelle appointed
director
2002-02-06
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ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
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2002-02-06
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ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
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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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan John Mercer Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Lesley Noelle Mercer Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-02-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140

Registered office

The Old School House

30 Main Street Wilberfoss

York

North Yorkshire

YO41 5NA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-20

Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MERCER, Lesley Noelle→

secretary · appointed 2002-02-06

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Active

MERCER, Alan John→

director · ~70y · appointed 2002-02-06

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Active

MERCER, Lesley Noelle→

director · ~67y · appointed 2002-02-06

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Active

ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-06 · resigned 2002-04-05

Resigned

ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-06 · resigned 2002-04-05

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Limited	Security interest agreement	1 property	16/08/2010	—

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