AMSES LTD

💤Zombieactive
08732302 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-15
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£6.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
  • 82110Combined office administrative service activities
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed wholesale with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
64
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,111

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£6k
↑ 156% YoY
Current Assets
£211k
↑ 231% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£11k£33k£78k£122k£166k£211kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£7.9k£-10.2k
Current assets£210.7k£63.6k
Net assets£6.1k£-10.9k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-08-01
    ➕
    WADE, David Patrick appointed
    director
  3. 2025-08-01
    ➖
    SYED, Arham Zafar resigned
    director
  4. 2025-08-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-08-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2025-08-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-08-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-08-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2025-04-11
    ➕
    SYED, Arham Zafar appointed
    director
  11. 2025-04-11
    ➖
    SYED, Saba resigned
    director
  12. 2025-04-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2025-04-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2025-04-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2025-04-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2025-03-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2025-03-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2025-01-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  19. 2025-01-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2025-01-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  21. 2024-11-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  22. 2024-11-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  23. 2024-11-01
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2024-11-01
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2024-10-21
    ➕
    SYED, Saba appointed
    director
  26. 2024-10-21
    ➖
    SYED, Zafar Shah resigned
    director
  27. 2024-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  28. 2024-04-15
    ➖
    SYED, Saba resigned
    director
  29. 2024-04-15
    ➕
    SYED, Zafar Shah appointed
    director
  30. 2022-02-08
    ➖
    KHAN, Mumraiz resigned
    director
  31. 2022-02-08
    ➖
    RAJA, Naweed Pervez resigned
    director
  32. 2022-02-08
    ➕
    SYED, Saba appointed
    director
  33. 2020-12-23
    ➕
    RAJA, Naweed Pervez appointed
    director
  34. 2013-10-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMSES LTD
  35. 2013-10-15
    ➕
    KHAN, Mumraiz 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

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

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.

Red flags

1 high · 1 low
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-21

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

Westbridge Corporate Restructure Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Westbridge Corporate Restructure Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
⬇
AMSES LTD
This company · 08732302

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
Westbridge Corporate Restructure Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/08/2025
6 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Arham Zafar Syedceased 01/08/2025· 75-100% shares
  • Triton Media Ltdceased 17/03/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
  • Mrs Saba Syedceased 07/04/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Mr Zafar Shah Syedceased 21/10/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Mrs Saba Syedceased 15/04/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Mr Mumraiz Khanceased 08/02/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

9 Alexandra Road
Hull
HU5 2NA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-21OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-07

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

WADE, David Patrick→
director · ~68y · appointed 2025-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KHAN, Mumraiz→
director · ~86y · appointed 2013-10-15 · resigned 2022-02-08
Resigned
RAJA, Naweed Pervez→
director · ~53y · appointed 2020-12-23 · resigned 2022-02-08
Resigned
SYED, Arham Zafar→
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-04-11 · resigned 2025-08-01
Resigned
SYED, Saba→
director · ~59y · appointed 2024-10-21 · resigned 2025-04-11
Resigned
SYED, Saba→
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-02-08 · resigned 2024-04-15
Resigned
SYED, Zafar Shah→
director · ~64y · appointed 2024-04-15 · resigned 2024-10-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-08-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17