AMACO NEXUS LTD

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09352684 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-12
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
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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, 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
£100
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£20£40£60£80£100Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£100£100
Current assets£100£100
Net assets£100£100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-22
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-29
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2019-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-12-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMACO NEXUS LTD
  16. 2014-12-12
    HOUSHMAND, Homayon appointed
    director
  17. 2014-12-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-10-22: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Homayon Houshmand
Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-12-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Spring Court Spring Road
Hale
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA14 2UQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-22
Last: 2025-12-08

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HOUSHMAND, Homayon
director · ~71y · appointed 2014-12-12
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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-08-29