AAM & SONS LIMITED

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05124367 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 21.3y

15/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees403900

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
8
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 mortgage
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 mortgage
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-16
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2026-04-16
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2026-04-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-04-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2026-04-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2026-04-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2026-04-01
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  9. 2026-04-01
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  10. 2026-03-31
    ➖
    MEHEGAN, Andrew Alan resigned
    director
  11. 2025-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2024-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-10-18
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2021-10-18
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2021-10-18
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    Charge satisfied #4
  18. 2021-10-18
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    Charge satisfied #3
  19. 2020-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-12-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  22. 2018-12-14
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  23. 2018-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  24. 2017-01-14
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    Charge satisfied #2
  25. 2012-11-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 2010-04-30
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  27. 2009-11-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  28. 2005-01-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Tom Richard Horncastle
  29. 2004-05-11
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    Company incorporated
    As AAM & SONS LIMITED
  30. 2004-05-11
    ➕
    MEHEGAN, Angela appointed
    secretary
  31. 2004-05-11
    ➕
    MEHEGAN, Angela appointed
    director
  32. 2004-05-11
    ➕
    UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  33. 2004-05-11
    ➖
    UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  34. 2004-05-11
    ➕
    MEHEGAN, Andrew Alan appointed
    director
  35. 2004-05-11
    ➕
    UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  36. 2004-05-11
    ➖
    UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Am & Sons Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Am & Sons Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AAM & SONS LIMITED
This company · 05124367

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Am & Sons Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/03/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Andrew Alan Meheganceased 31/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Angela Meheganceased 31/03/2026· 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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
Incorporated2004-05-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Cheeky Monkees Day Nursery 161
Durham Road
Stockton-On-Tees
Cleveland
TS19 0DS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-25
Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MEHEGAN, Angela→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MEHEGAN, Angela→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-05-11 · resigned 2004-05-11
Resigned
MEHEGAN, Andrew Alan→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-05-11 · resigned 2026-03-31
Resigned
UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-05-11 · resigned 2004-05-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property01/04/2026—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property01/04/2026—
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property14/12/201818/10/2021
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property30/04/201018/10/2021
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property11/11/200914/01/2017
satisfied
Tom Richard Horncastle
Rent deposit deed1 property28/01/200519/11/2012
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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-16
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23