AMI MARINE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05530299 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-08

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

£119.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46520

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £119,712

Net assets shrinking

Down £44,649 YoY

Cash YoY

-11%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£54k

↓ 11% YoY

Net Worth

£120k

↓ 27% YoY

Current Assets

£353k

↓ 8.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£119.7k	£171.3k
Current assets	£352.8k	£384.3k
Cash	£53.6k	£60.1k
Debtors	£16.7k	£59.9k
Net assets	£119.7k	£164.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-07-10
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officers · TM01
2026-07-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-07-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-03-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
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capital · SH03
2024-07-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
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capital · SH03
2023-12-19
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-09-20
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capital · SH03
2023-08-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-29
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officers · AP01
2023-06-28
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WEIR, Cheryl Audrey appointed
director
2023-06-28
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WEIR, Cheryl Audrey appointed
director
2023-06-28
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WEIR, Cheryl Audrey resigned
director
2023-05-31
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-05-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2022-12-13
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2022-11-17
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2022-07-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-30
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DAVIDSON, Martin John resigned
director
2016-05-01
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COX, Martin Phillip appointed
director
2016-05-01
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DAVIDSON, Martin John appointed
director
2014-09-23
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WILKINSON, Geoffrey Robert appointed
director
2005-08-08
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Company incorporated
As AMI MARINE LIMITED
2005-08-08
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WILKINSON, Geoffrey Robert appointed
secretary
2005-08-08
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COX, John Phillip appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Martin Phillip Cox Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/07/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Martin John Davidsonceased 04/08/2023· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2005-08-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520

Registered office

Pickwick House, Bunces Lane

Burghfield Common

Reading

Berks

RG7 3DL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-23

Last: 2026-07-09