AMC PHARMA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07675886 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-21
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-38.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46900Non-specialised wholesale trade
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -36% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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, 4 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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £38,370
Cash YoY
-36%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 36% YoY
Net Worth
-£38k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£118k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£54k-£3k£48k£98k£149k£200kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£176.8k£49.4k
Current assets£118.0k£199.7k
Cash£2.4k£3.7k
Debtors£115.6k£195.9k
Net assets£-38.4k£-53.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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  2. 2024-09-28
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  3. 2024-01-29
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  4. 2024-01-26
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    FICENES, Peter resigned
    director
  5. 2023-09-23
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  6. 2022-09-29
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  7. 2021-09-30
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  8. 2020-12-18
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  9. 2020-04-20
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  10. 2020-04-08
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  11. 2019-09-30
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  12. 2019-04-30
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    GONTARSKI, Jaroslaw resigned
    director
  13. 2019-04-30
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2018-10-04
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  15. 2018-05-10
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  16. 2018-01-25
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  17. 2017-09-29
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  18. 2016-04-11
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    GODEK, Miroslaw Jacek appointed
    director
  19. 2016-04-01
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    GODEK, Miroslaw Jacek resigned
    director
  20. 2016-04-01
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    PITSIKALIS, Georgios Nicolaos resigned
    director
  21. 2016-03-21
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    FICENES, Peter appointed
    director
  22. 2013-01-09
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    GODEK, Miroslaw Jacek appointed
    director
  23. 2012-09-19
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    PITSIKALIS, Georgios Nicolaos appointed
    director
  24. 2012-06-20
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    DAVIS, Andrew Simon resigned
    director
  25. 2012-06-20
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    GONTARSKI, Jaroslaw appointed
    director
  26. 2011-06-21
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    Company incorporated
    As AMC PHARMA LIMITED
  27. 2011-06-21
    ➕
    DAVIS, Andrew Simon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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.
  • 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

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 Edwin Mischke
Individual · Polish · DOB 12/1950 · age 76
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/01/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Peter Ficenesceased 01/01/2020· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2011-06-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

14 Chichester Way
London
E14 3EG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last: 2026-01-17

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

GODEK, Miroslaw Jacek→
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIS, Andrew Simon→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-06-21 · resigned 2012-06-20
Resigned
FICENES, Peter→
director · ~54y · appointed 2016-03-21 · resigned 2024-01-26
Resigned
GODEK, Miroslaw Jacek→
director · ~68y · appointed 2013-01-09 · resigned 2016-04-01
Resigned
GONTARSKI, Jaroslaw→
director · ~53y · appointed 2012-06-20 · resigned 2019-04-30
Resigned
PITSIKALIS, Georgios Nicolaos→
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-09-19 · resigned 2016-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

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2026-03-24
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2025-09-30
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2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-28
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officers · TM01
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-04-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-04-08