A3M DESIGNS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04475416 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-02
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 23.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
83 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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£71k£143k£214k£286k£357kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£34.1k
Current assets—£357.4k
Cash—£14.8k
Debtors—£296.9k
Net assets—£100
Average employees14—

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2026-03-09
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2026-03-09
    📄
    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  5. 2026-03-09
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2026-03-02
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  7. 2025-05-06
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2025-05-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  9. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-05-01
    ➕
    CARTER, Stephen appointed
    director
  11. 2024-05-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-06-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2019-06-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2019-05-01
    ➕
    WINDUST, Christopher Ronald Edwin appointed
    director
  20. 2019-05-01
    ➖
    GREEN, Linda resigned
    secretary
  21. 2019-05-01
    ➖
    GREEN, Kenneth Stephen resigned
    director
  22. 2019-05-01
    ➖
    GREEN, Linda resigned
    director
  23. 2019-04-04
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 2004-08-31
    ➕
    GREEN, Kenneth Stephen appointed
    director
  25. 2004-08-31
    ➕
    GREEN, Linda appointed
    director
  26. 2004-08-31
    ➖
    HOLDING, Steve Alec resigned
    director
  27. 2002-10-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  28. 2002-07-05
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2002-07-05
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2002-07-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A3M DESIGNS LIMITED
  31. 2002-07-02
    ➕
    GREEN, Linda appointed
    secretary
  32. 2002-07-02
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2002-07-02
    ➕
    HOLDING, Steve Alec appointed
    director
  34. 2002-07-02
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Scarter Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
🏛️
Windust Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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A3M DESIGNS LIMITED
This company · 04475416

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Scarter Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/04/2024
Windust Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/05/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Kenneth Stephen Greenceased 01/05/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Linda Greenceased 01/05/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2002-07-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Casson Beckman Murrills House 48 East Street
Portchester
Fareham
Hampshire
PO16 9XS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

CARTER, Stephen→
director · ~59y · appointed 2024-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WINDUST, Christopher Ronald Edwin→
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREEN, Linda→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-02 · resigned 2019-05-01
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-02 · resigned 2002-07-05
Resigned
GREEN, Kenneth Stephen→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2019-05-01
Resigned
GREEN, Linda→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2019-05-01
Resigned
HOLDING, Steve Alec→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-07-02 · resigned 2004-08-31
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-02 · resigned 2002-07-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property28/10/200204/04/2019

Recent filings (83 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-03-09
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-03-09
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2026-03-09
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-03-09
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03