AMESPLAN LTD

🌳Matureactive
08427781 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-04
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47640SIC 47640
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.7y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
60 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
75
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees151500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
12
filings
  • 6 officers
  • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-09
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-09
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  4. 2026-01-09
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-01-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2026-01-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2026-01-08
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  8. 2026-01-08
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    officers · CH01
  9. 2026-01-08
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2026-01-08
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2026-01-08
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    address · AD01
  12. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2024-04-19
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2024-01-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2023-07-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2023-07-20
    PATEL, Dipam appointed
    director
  17. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2022-05-26
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2022-05-06
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  20. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2022-03-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2022-03-14
    PATEL, Vijay Indukumar appointed
    director
  23. 2022-01-12
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  24. 2020-03-27
    PATEL, Dipam resigned
    director
  25. 2020-03-27
    PATEL, Dipen resigned
    director
  26. 2017-06-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  27. 2017-06-02
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  28. 2013-10-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  29. 2013-08-19
    PATEL, Kamal appointed
    director
  30. 2013-03-05
    PATEL, Dipen appointed
    director
  31. 2013-03-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMESPLAN LTD
  32. 2013-03-04
    PATEL, Priyam appointed
    director
  33. 2013-03-04
    PATEL, Dipam appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PATEL, Dipam (same surname) appointed 2023-07-20. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dipam Patel
Individual · British · DOB 11/1990 · age 36
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Priyam Patel
Individual · British · DOB 03/1988 · age 38
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Dipen Patel
Individual · British · DOB 11/1990 · age 36
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

Unit 4 Bromag Industrial Estate
Minster Lovell
Witney
OX29 0SR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-21
Last: 2026-01-07

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

PATEL, Dipam
director · ~36y · appointed 2023-07-20
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Active
PATEL, Kamal
director · ~53y · appointed 2013-08-19
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Active
PATEL, Priyam
director · ~38y · appointed 2013-03-04
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Active
PATEL, Vijay Indukumar
director · ~67y · appointed 2022-03-14
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Active
PATEL, Dipam
director · ~36y · appointed 2013-03-04 · resigned 2020-03-27
Resigned
PATEL, Dipen
director · ~36y · appointed 2013-03-05 · resigned 2020-03-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge06/05/2022
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property05/06/2017
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property02/06/2017
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
A registered charge2 properties07/10/2013
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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-19