AMK SIGNS LTD

🌳Matureactive

04470315 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-26

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£73.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

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

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £72,966

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£73k

↑ 110% YoY

Current Assets

£146k

↑ 57% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£75.0k	£36.7k
Current assets	£146.0k	£93.2k
Net assets	£73.0k	£34.8k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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2025-03-05
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2024-04-03
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2023-03-28
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2022-04-19
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2021-01-27
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2020-04-22
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2019-04-26
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2018-01-12
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accounts · AA
2017-06-26
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2017-06-26
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2017-01-16
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accounts · AA
2016-07-04
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2016-01-08
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2015-07-09
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2015-04-20
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2002-06-28
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MACKAY, Alex appointed
secretary
2002-06-28
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MACKAY, Alex appointed
director
2002-06-28
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MACKAY, Sandra appointed
director
2002-06-28
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2002-06-28
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2002-06-26
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Company incorporated
As AMK SIGNS LTD
2002-06-26
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-06-26
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

84/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 61. Early succession window.
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
Mrs Sandra Mackay Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Alex Mackay Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2002-06-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 32a

Bradley Hall Trading Estate

Standish Wigan

Lancashire

WN6 0XQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-10

Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MACKAY, Alex→

secretary · appointed 2002-06-28

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Active

MACKAY, Alex→

director · ~61y · appointed 2002-06-28

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Active

MACKAY, Sandra→

director · ~56y · appointed 2002-06-28

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-26 · resigned 2002-06-28

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-26 · resigned 2002-06-28

Resigned

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