AMP VEHICLE FINANCE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06627451 · ltd · incorporated 2008-06-23
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£377
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial leasing
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -100% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £377
Very low cash
Cash position: £4
Cash draining
Cash down 100% YoY
Cash YoY
-100%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4
↓ 100% YoY
Net Worth
£377
↑ 47% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↓ 58% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£6k£13k£19k£25k£31kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£377£256
Current assets£13.2k£31.5k
Cash£4£9.6k
Debtors£13.1k£21.9k
Net assets£377£256

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-25
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  5. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-11
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  7. 2021-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-06-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2017-06-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2017-06-09
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    DRAPER, Stewart John resigned
    secretary
  16. 2017-06-09
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    DRAPER, Stewart John resigned
    director
  17. 2016-07-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2016-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2008-06-23
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    Company incorporated
    As AMP VEHICLE FINANCE LIMITED
  20. 2008-06-23
    ➕
    PEARCE, Adrian Martin appointed
    director
  21. 2008-06-23
    ➕
    DRAPER, Stewart John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2008-06-23
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-06-23
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-06-23
    ➕
    DRAPER, Stewart John appointed
    director
  25. 2008-06-23
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  26. 2008-06-23
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. 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 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Martin Pearce
Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-06-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64910 — Financial leasing

Registered office

16 Oaktree Court Business Centre
Mill Lane
Ness
Wirral
CH64 8TP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-02
Last: 2025-06-18

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

PEARCE, Adrian Martin→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DRAPER, Stewart John→
secretary · appointed 2008-06-23 · resigned 2017-06-09
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-06-23 · resigned 2008-06-23
Resigned
DRAPER, Stewart John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-06-23 · resigned 2017-06-09
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-06-23 · resigned 2008-06-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2022-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-14