5 A.M. CONTRACT CLEANERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07385857 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-23
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£302.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
43 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 £302,297
Cash YoY
-11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£209k
↓ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£302k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£387k
↑ 8.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£77k£155k£232k£310k£387kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£325.4k£283.8k
Current assets£387.3k£358.5k
Cash£209.2k£234.8k
Debtors£173.1k£118.7k
Net assets£302.3k£252.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-11-29
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  3. 2023-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-24
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  5. 2023-01-10
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  6. 2023-01-10
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  7. 2023-01-10
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  8. 2022-11-21
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  9. 2022-11-21
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  10. 2022-11-21
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  11. 2022-11-21
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  12. 2022-11-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-02
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  15. 2020-05-26
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  16. 2019-06-25
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  17. 2018-05-25
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  18. 2010-09-23
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    Company incorporated
    As 5 A.M. CONTRACT CLEANERS LIMITED
  19. 2010-09-23
    ➕
    MCCARTAN, Edith appointed
    director
  20. 2010-09-23
    ➕
    MCCARTAN, John Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

96/100
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 16 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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

Meridiem Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Meridiem Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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5 A.M. CONTRACT CLEANERS LIMITED
This company · 07385857

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Meridiem Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/12/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr John Paul Mccartanceased 23/12/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mrs Edith Mccartanceased 23/12/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2010-09-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

17 St Peters Place
Fleetwood
Lancashire
FY7 6EB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last: 2025-11-28

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCCARTAN, Edith→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-09-23
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Active
MCCARTAN, John Paul→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-09-23
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Active

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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-01-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-21