AMOS BUSINESS COMPUTERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06457075 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-19
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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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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 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
Average employees500500

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2024-04-24
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-11
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  5. 2023-01-13
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  6. 2023-01-13
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  7. 2023-01-12
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  8. 2023-01-12
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    officers · CH03
  9. 2023-01-12
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  10. 2023-01-12
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-01-12
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  12. 2023-01-12
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    address · AD01
  13. 2023-01-03
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    address · AD01
  14. 2022-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-05-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  16. 2022-05-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2022-05-23
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  18. 2022-05-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2021-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2009-11-02
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    AMOS, Carol appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-11-02
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    AMOS, Carol appointed
    director
  22. 2009-11-02
    ➖
    BARFORD, Susan Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  23. 2009-11-01
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    BARFORD, Patrick John resigned
    director
  24. 2007-12-19
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    Company incorporated
    As AMOS BUSINESS COMPUTERS LIMITED
  25. 2007-12-19
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    AMOS, Roger Ernest appointed
    director
  26. 2007-12-19
    ➕
    BARFORD, Susan Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  27. 2007-12-19
    ➕
    BARFORD, Patrick John appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "AMOS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roger Ernest Amos
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Carol Amos
Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-12-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

39 Midland Road Thrapston
Kettering
Northants
NN14 4JS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

AMOS, Carol→
secretary · appointed 2009-11-02
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Active
AMOS, Carol→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-11-02
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Active
AMOS, Roger Ernest→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-12-19
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Active
BARFORD, Susan Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2007-12-19 · resigned 2009-11-02
Resigned
BARFORD, Patrick John→
director · ~78y · appointed 2007-12-19 · resigned 2009-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-01-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-12