AMINIST INVESTMENT LTD
🌱Startupactive
16852202 · ltd · incorporated 2025-11-13
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
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (54/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
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.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-12-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-12-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-13🏢Company incorporatedAs AMINIST INVESTMENT LTD
- 2025-11-13➕WATTS, Timothy William appointeddirector
- 2025-11-13📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
95/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Young company: Only 0.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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
4 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Timothy William Watts Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest | 13/11/2025 |
Mr Christopher David Watts Individual · British · DOB 04/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence · trust interest | 20/11/2025 |
Mr James Peter Watts Individual · British · DOB 06/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence · trust interest | 19/11/2025 |
Mr Andrew Nicholas Watts Individual · British · DOB 04/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence · trust interest | 18/11/2025 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-11-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account
Registered office
Gorse House
Knutsford Road
Alderley Edge
Cheshire
SK9 7SW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-13
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: —
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
WATTS, Timothy William→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2025-11-13
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Recent filings (5 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-11-13