A & M DEFENCE & MARINE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06953770 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-06

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 13.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£1.31M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.8y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 13.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (7 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,305,269

Cash YoY

+162%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£697k

↑ 162% YoY

Net Worth

£1.3m

↑ 21% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Cash	£697.1k	£266.0k
Net assets	£1.31M	£1.08M

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-03-06
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accounts · AA
2025-08-28
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WATTON, Wendy Anne resigned
secretary
2025-08-28
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officers · TM02
2025-07-04
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accounts · AAMD
2025-06-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-05-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
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AUSTIN, Roland William resigned
secretary
2023-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
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officers · AP01
2023-01-16
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MILLS, Sandra Joanne appointed
director
2023-01-16
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WALDRON, Neil Benson appointed
director
2023-01-16
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officers · AP01
2022-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
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mortgage · MR01
2021-02-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2021-01-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-26
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officers · TM01
2018-01-25
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KERTAI, David Alan resigned
director
2016-04-01
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AUSTIN, Geraldine Claire appointed
director
2015-04-06
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AUSTIN, Lucy Claire appointed
director
2012-10-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2012-09-14
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WATTON, Wendy Anne appointed
secretary
2012-08-31
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EDGELL, Malcolm John resigned
director
2012-07-24
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HICKSON, Nicholas David appointed
director
2012-07-24
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KERTAI, David Alan appointed
director
2010-09-13
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AUSTIN, Roland William appointed
secretary
2010-05-31
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AUSTIN, Roland William resigned
director
2009-07-06
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Company incorporated
As A & M DEFENCE & MARINE SERVICES LIMITED
2009-07-06
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AUSTIN, Jeremy Michael appointed
director
2009-07-06
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HAYES, Christopher Michael appointed
director
2009-07-06
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AUSTIN, Roland William appointed
director
2009-07-06
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EDGELL, Malcolm John appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

Group structure

Austin & Mclean Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Austin & Mclean Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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A & M DEFENCE & MARINE SERVICES LIMITED

This company · 06953770

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Austin & Mclean Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2009-07-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

3 Old Barn Farm Road, Woolsbridge Industrial Estate

Three Legged Cross

Wimborne

Dorset

BH21 6SP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-12

Last: 2026-01-29