AMIDA FIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10034234 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-01
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81100SIC 81100
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-31
Average employees500

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-12-11
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
  4. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-06-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-06-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-06-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-06-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-03-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-03-01
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    Company incorporated
    As AMIDA FIRE LIMITED
  18. 2016-03-01
    ➕
    DRAPER, Michael David Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2016-03-01
    ➕
    WILSON, Daniel James 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael David Robert Draper
Individual · British · DOB 01/1986 · age 40
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Daniel James Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1985 · age 41
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-03-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities

Registered office

Unit 4 Stanford Farm
Biggleswade
SG18 9JD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DRAPER, Michael David Robert→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-03-01
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Active
WILSON, Daniel James→
director · ~41y · appointed 2016-03-01
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Active

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-12-11
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-09