AMNN LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
13997180 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-23
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 11 → 12
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 1112
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fund management activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
12 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Loss-making
Loss before tax £1,853,479

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Profit before tax£-1.85M£-1.04M
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-12-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-06-11
    COLLYER BRISTOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  5. 2024-12-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-19
    📄
    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  8. 2022-10-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-03-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMNN LIMITED
  10. 2022-03-23
    GOURLAY, Alexander Wallace appointed
    director
  11. 2022-03-23
    GOURLAY, Margaret appointed
    director
  12. 2022-03-23
    COLLYER BRISTOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  13. 2022-03-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Alexander Wallace Gourlay
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control23/03/2022
Mrs Margaret Gourlay
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/03/2022

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
Incorporated2022-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities

Registered office

5th Floor Ldn:W
3 Noble Street
London
EC2V 7EE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-05
Last: 2026-03-22

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GOURLAY, Alexander Wallace
director · ~67y · appointed 2022-03-23
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Active
GOURLAY, Margaret
director · ~64y · appointed 2022-03-23
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Active
COLLYER BRISTOW SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2022-03-23 · resigned 2025-06-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (12 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2022-10-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-03-23