AMW SERVICES (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06577996 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-28

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£24.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other construction installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 £24,200

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£24k

↑ 357% YoY

Current Assets

£33k

↑ 27% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£31.5k	£18.4k
Current assets	£33.3k	£26.2k
Net assets	£24.2k	£5.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-19
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-20
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2008-04-28
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Company incorporated
As AMW SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
2008-04-28
➕
WOLF, Andrew Michael Johann appointed
director
2008-04-28
➕
WOLF, Helen Kathryn appointed
director
2008-04-28
➕
RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-04-28
➖
RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-04-28
➕
RWL DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2008-04-28
➖
RWL DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+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 63. 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 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Andrew Michael Wolf Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest	22/04/2017

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

Incorporated2008-04-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Stock Field Farm

Pateley Bridge

North Yorkshire

HG3 5DG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-11

Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WOLF, Andrew Michael Johann→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-04-28

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Active

WOLF, Helen Kathryn→

director · ~63y · appointed 2008-04-28

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Active

RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-04-28 · resigned 2008-04-28

Resigned

RWL DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-04-28 · resigned 2008-04-28

Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-05

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-05-05

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-12-11

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-12-11