AMP SOUND AND HIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10145388 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-25
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
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 (57/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-02
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  4. 2025-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-30
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-03-29
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    RAMSAY, Katherine Sarah appointed
    director
  14. 2017-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-03-28
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    accounts · AA01
  17. 2016-04-25
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    Company incorporated
    As AMP SOUND AND HIRE LIMITED
  18. 2016-04-25
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Paul George appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +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 Paul George Ramsay
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
50–75%
—50-75% shares25/04/2016
Mrs Katherine Sarah Ramsay
Individual · British · DOB 04/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

Prestwick Lodge
Prestwick Lane, Chiddingfold
Godalming
GU8 4XP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-08
Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

RAMSAY, Katherine Sarah→
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-03-29
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RAMSAY, Paul George→
director · ~54y · appointed 2016-04-25
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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-24
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-27