AMF GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04888804 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-05

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

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£1.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

75 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 £1,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£500

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£101.0k	£101.0k
Current assets	£500	£500
Net assets	£1.0k	£1.0k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-03
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BEALE, Stephen George resigned
secretary
2026-03-03
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BERGROVA, Martina resigned
director
2026-03-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-03
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-22
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2011-06-23
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BERGROVA, Martina appointed
director
2009-06-03
➖
FIELD, Richard resigned
director
2008-09-01
➕
WITTON BOURKE, Trevor John appointed
director
2008-09-01
➖
BOURKE, Coralie Lynne resigned
director
2008-09-01
➖
BOURKE, John Thomas resigned
director
2003-10-01
➕
FIELD, Richard appointed
director
2003-09-05
🏢
Company incorporated
As AMF GROUP LIMITED
2003-09-05
➕
LAFLIN, Paul appointed
director
2003-09-05
➕
BEALE, Stephen George appointed
secretary
2003-09-05
➕
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-09-05
➖
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-09-05
➕
BOURKE, Coralie Lynne appointed
director
2003-09-05
➕
BOURKE, John Thomas appointed
director
2003-09-05
➕
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-09-05
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BEALE, Stephen George resigned 2026-03-03; BERGROVA, Martina resigned 2026-03-03

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Trevor John Witton-Bourke Individual · British · DOB 12/1974 · age 52	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-09-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

1 Kille House

Chinnor Road

Thame

Oxfordshire

OX9 3NU

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-19

Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

LAFLIN, Paul→

director · ~64y · appointed 2003-09-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WITTON BOURKE, Trevor John→

director · ~52y · appointed 2008-09-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BEALE, Stephen George→

secretary · appointed 2003-09-05 · resigned 2026-03-03

Resigned

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-05 · resigned 2003-09-05

Resigned

BERGROVA, Martina→

director · ~45y · appointed 2011-06-23 · resigned 2026-03-03

Resigned

BOURKE, Coralie Lynne→

director · ~60y · appointed 2003-09-05 · resigned 2008-09-01

Resigned

BOURKE, John Thomas→

director · ~74y · appointed 2003-09-05 · resigned 2008-09-01

Resigned

FIELD, Richard→

director · ~91y · appointed 2003-10-01 · resigned 2009-06-03

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-05 · resigned 2003-09-05

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (75 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-06-24

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-03-03

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2026-03-03

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-01-23

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-01-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-01-21

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-12-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-06-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-06-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-06-16

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-06-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-09