AMMOTTO LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15521514 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-2.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of engines and turbines (except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines)
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,908

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£3k
Current Assets
£64k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-28
Total assets£-2.9k
Current assets£64.3k
Net assets£-2.9k

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

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2 signals 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 (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-02-26
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    Company incorporated
    As AMMOTTO LTD
  3. 2024-02-26
    ARIFF, Masood appointed
    secretary
  4. 2024-02-26
    ARIFF, Masood appointed
    director
  5. 2024-02-26
    CRISTENSEN, Jorgen Skov appointed
    director
  6. 2024-02-26
    HODKINSON, Ronald Leslie appointed
    director
  7. 2024-02-26
    QUICKENDEN, Paul appointed
    director
  8. 2024-02-26
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

60/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-02-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28110 — Manufacture of engines and turbines (except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines)

Registered office

Springfield Oldways End
East Anstey
Tiverton
EX16 9JQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

ARIFF, Masood
secretary · appointed 2024-02-26
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Active
ARIFF, Masood
director · ~82y · appointed 2024-02-26
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Active
CRISTENSEN, Jorgen Skov
director · ~57y · appointed 2024-02-26
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Active
HODKINSON, Ronald Leslie
director · ~80y · appointed 2024-02-26
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Active
QUICKENDEN, Paul
director · ~59y · appointed 2024-02-26
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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-26