AMSPEED LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07612768 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-21
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 0.6y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-29 | 2024-04-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 400 | 400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-04-16🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2026-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-11-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2025-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-10📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-08-10📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2012-06-21➕SMITH, Mark Julian appointeddirector
- 2011-04-21🏢Company incorporatedAs AMSPEED LIMITED
- 2011-04-21➕MOULTON-SMITH, Arran appointeddirector
- 2011-04-21➕SHAH, Ela appointeddirector
- 2011-04-21➖SHAH, Ela resigneddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
cleanNo 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 Arran Moulton-Smith Individual · British · DOB 03/1988 · age 38 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-04-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190
Registered office
3 Hampstead West
224 Iverson Road,
London
NW6 2HX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last made up to: 2025-04-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-05
Last: 2026-04-21
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
MOULTON-SMITH, Arran→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2011-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, Mark Julian→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2012-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHAH, Ela→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2011-04-21 · resigned 2011-04-21
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/04/2026 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 27/11/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (41 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-08-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-20