AA MECHANICAL INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05987949 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-03
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-life insurance
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
85 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
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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£0Jan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31

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 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-11-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-11-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-11-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-11-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-11-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-09-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2023-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-07-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-07-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-11-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2022-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-04-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2020-04-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2020-04-08
    ➖
    PINKNEY, David Lee resigned
    director
  21. 2020-04-08
    ➖
    PINKNEY, Frederick Donald resigned
    director
  22. 2020-04-08
    ➖
    PINKNEY, Paul Nigel resigned
    director
  23. 2016-11-04
    ➖
    TENNYSON, Simon Jeremy resigned
    director
  24. 2009-03-10
    ➖
    U'DELL, Christopher resigned
    director
  25. 2007-07-10
    ➕
    U'DELL, Christopher appointed
    director
  26. 2006-11-13
    ➕
    PINKNEY, David Lee appointed
    director
  27. 2006-11-13
    ➕
    PINKNEY, Frederick Donald appointed
    director
  28. 2006-11-13
    ➕
    PINKNEY, Paul Nigel appointed
    director
  29. 2006-11-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AA MECHANICAL INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED
  30. 2006-11-03
    ➕
    ANTCLIFF, David appointed
    secretary
  31. 2006-11-03
    ➕
    ANTCLIFF, David appointed
    director
  32. 2006-11-03
    ➕
    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  33. 2006-11-03
    ➖
    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  34. 2006-11-03
    ➕
    TENNYSON, Simon Jeremy appointed
    director
  35. 2006-11-03
    ➕
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  36. 2006-11-03
    ➖
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Dennis Cuby
Individual · British · DOB 05/1948 · age 78
—75–100%75-100% voting · trust interest06/04/2016
Mr Subash Malkani
Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71
—75–100%75-100% voting · trust interest06/04/2016
Mr Maurice Albert Perera
Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
—75–100%75-100% voting · trust interest06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr William Damian Cid De La Pazceased 31/12/2025· 75-100% voting · trust interest
  • Mr James David Hassanceased 28/03/2022· 75-100% voting · trust interest
  • Mr Adrian Gerard Oliveroceased 30/09/2020· 75-100% voting · trust interest

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

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8 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
Incorporated2006-11-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC65120 — Non-life insurance

Registered office

Courtwood House
Silver Street Head
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 2DD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

ANTCLIFF, David→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANTCLIFF, David→
director · ~77y · appointed 2006-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-11-03 · resigned 2006-11-03
Resigned
PINKNEY, David Lee→
director · ~74y · appointed 2006-11-13 · resigned 2020-04-08
Resigned
PINKNEY, Frederick Donald→
director · ~76y · appointed 2006-11-13 · resigned 2020-04-08
Resigned
PINKNEY, Paul Nigel→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-11-13 · resigned 2020-04-08
Resigned
TENNYSON, Simon Jeremy→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-11-03 · resigned 2016-11-04
Resigned
U'DELL, Christopher→
director · ~70y · appointed 2007-07-10 · resigned 2009-03-10
Resigned
A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-11-03 · resigned 2006-11-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-27