AMS AIRCRAFT RECOVERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09249104 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-06
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28960
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£71k£141k£212k£283k£354kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Cash—£296.2k
Net assets—£353.6k
Average employees3—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 4 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-02-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-02-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2026-02-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2021-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-13
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2020-11-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2020-11-12
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    FISHMAN, Daniel appointed
    director
  16. 2020-11-12
    ➕
    FISHMAN, Yehuda appointed
    director
  17. 2020-11-12
    ➕
    SAMETH, James appointed
    director
  18. 2020-11-12
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    KNIGHT, Amanda Jane resigned
    director
  19. 2020-11-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2020-11-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2020-11-12
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    officers · AP01
  22. 2020-11-12
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  23. 2020-11-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  24. 2017-02-01
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    KNIGHT, Amanda Jane appointed
    director
  25. 2014-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As AMS AIRCRAFT RECOVERY LIMITED
  26. 2014-10-06
    ➕
    KNIGHT, Mark Alan 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 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

Age Logistics Corporation is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Age Logistics Corporation
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AMS AIRCRAFT RECOVERY LIMITED
This company · 09249104

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
Age Logistics Corporation
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/11/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Mark Alan Knightceased 12/11/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Amanda Jane Knightceased 12/11/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2014-10-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28960 — SIC 28960

Registered office

5 Technology Park
Colindeep Lane
Colindale
London
NW9 6BX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

FISHMAN, Daniel→
director · ~69y · appointed 2020-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FISHMAN, Yehuda→
director · ~71y · appointed 2020-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KNIGHT, Mark Alan→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-10-06
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Active
SAMETH, James→
director · ~72y · appointed 2020-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KNIGHT, Amanda Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 2017-02-01 · resigned 2020-11-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-12-03