AMCK DRAUGHTING CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06159446 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-14
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 Nov 2025
Net worth
£-391
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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: medium (68/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £391

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£391
Current Assets
£3k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-11-27
Total assets£-391
Current assets£2.7k
Net assets£-391

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-28
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  3. 2025-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-16
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  5. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-04
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-15
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  8. 2021-02-23
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  9. 2019-11-08
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  10. 2018-10-16
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  11. 2017-10-30
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  12. 2017-01-25
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  13. 2016-04-12
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  14. 2016-02-23
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  15. 2015-04-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-09-23
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    MCKECHNIE, Marjory resigned
    secretary
  17. 2007-03-14
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    Company incorporated
    As AMCK DRAUGHTING CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  18. 2007-03-14
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    MCKECHNIE, Alistair appointed
    director
  19. 2007-03-14
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    MCKECHNIE, Marjory appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-03-14
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    FILETRAVEL COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-03-14
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    FILETRAVEL COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-03-14
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    FILETRAVEL COMPANY DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2007-03-14
    ➖
    FILETRAVEL COMPANY DIRECTOR 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Director Alistair Mckechnie
Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence14/03/2017

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
Incorporated2007-03-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

Unit 1 58 Friar Street
Newcastle
NE1 5UE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-27
Last made up to: 2025-11-27
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last: 2026-03-14

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MCKECHNIE, Alistair→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKECHNIE, Marjory→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-14 · resigned 2011-09-23
Resigned
FILETRAVEL COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-03-14 · resigned 2007-03-14
Resigned
FILETRAVEL COMPANY DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-03-14 · resigned 2007-03-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-23