A & M REPAIRS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04704298 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-19
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees500500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-18
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-12
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  4. 2022-06-29
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  5. 2021-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-07
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-04-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2021-03-31
    AMEY, Carolynne appointed
    director
  9. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-09-15
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  14. 2016-04-05
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  15. 2015-11-24
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-03-31
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-04-01
    AMEY, Carolynne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-11-17
    AMEY, Stanley George resigned
    director
  19. 2009-02-16
    AMEY, Kathleen Ann resigned
    secretary
  20. 2003-03-19
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    Company incorporated
    As A & M REPAIRS LIMITED
  21. 2003-03-19
    AMEY, Nicholas Ivor appointed
    director
  22. 2003-03-19
    AMEY, Kathleen Ann appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-03-19
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-03-19
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-03-19
    AMEY, Stanley George appointed
    director
  26. 2003-03-19
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2003-03-19
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas Ivor Amey
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
75100%
75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Carolynne Amey
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control31/03/2021

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
Incorporated2003-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

Riverbarn West Street
Winterborne Kingston
Blandford
Dorset
DT11 9AT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

AMEY, Carolynne
secretary · appointed 2012-04-01
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Active
AMEY, Carolynne
director · ~59y · appointed 2021-03-31
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Active
AMEY, Nicholas Ivor
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-03-19
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Active
AMEY, Kathleen Ann
secretary · appointed 2003-03-19 · resigned 2009-02-16
Resigned
ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-19 · resigned 2003-03-19
Resigned
AMEY, Stanley George
director · ~94y · appointed 2003-03-19 · resigned 2009-11-17
Resigned
AR NOMINEES LIMITED
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-19 · resigned 2003-03-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-25