AME GROUP ASSOCIATES LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12888299 · ltd · incorporated 2020-09-18
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-33.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Private security activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -100% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £33,012
Very low cash
Cash position: £2
Net assets shrinking
Down £85,541 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 100% YoY
Cash YoY
-100%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2
↓ 100% YoY
Net Worth
-£33k
↓ 163% YoY
Current Assets
£19k
↓ 80% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-8.9k | £102.9k |
| Current assets | £18.7k | £95.4k |
| Cash | £2 | £13.6k |
| Debtors | £18.7k | £81.8k |
| Net assets | £-33.0k | £52.5k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-26✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-06-26✏️change-of-name-noticechange-of-name · CONNOT
- 2023-01-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-01-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-01-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-09-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-09-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-09-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-05-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-18🏢Company incorporatedAs AME GROUP ASSOCIATES LIMITED
- 2020-09-18➕ANTCLIFF, Craig Lee appointeddirector
- 2020-09-18➕MILNER, Phillip appointeddirector
- 2020-09-18📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Craig Lee Antcliff Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 18/09/2022 |
Mr Phillip Milner Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 18/09/2022 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Ame Group Associates Limitedceased 18/09/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
- Mr Craig Lee Antcliffceased 14/04/2022· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
- Mr Phillip Milnerceased 14/04/2022· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-09-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80100 — Private security activities
Registered office
Unit 8a Langthwaite Industrial Estate Langthwaite Road
South Kirkby
Pontefract
WF9 3AP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ANTCLIFF, Craig Lee→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2020-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MILNER, Phillip→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2020-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (23 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-06-26
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-09-27