AMMI LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

NI053903 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-11

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£20.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £20,272

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£20k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£21k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Total assets	£20.3k	£20.9k
Current assets	£20.9k	£20.9k
Net assets	£20.3k	£20.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-11-25
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2022-11-21
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2020-11-18
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2019-11-27
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2018-11-26
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2017-05-22
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2016-12-20
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2016-03-02
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2015-11-18
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2015-03-10
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2005-02-11
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Company incorporated
As AMMI LIMITED
2005-02-11
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WILLIS, Jennifer appointed
secretary
2005-02-11
➕
WILLIS, Graeme appointed
director
2005-02-11
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WILLIS, Jennifer appointed
director
2005-02-11
➕
DUNLOP, Jill M appointed
secretary
2005-02-11
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DUNLOP, Jill M resigned
secretary
2005-02-11
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FC SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2005-02-11
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FC SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Graeme Willis Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	08/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-02-11

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

3 Broomhill Court

Belfast

BT9 5HA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-25

Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WILLIS, Jennifer→

secretary · appointed 2005-02-11

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Active

WILLIS, Graeme→

director · ~62y · appointed 2005-02-11

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Active

WILLIS, Jennifer→

director · ~62y · appointed 2005-02-11

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Active

DUNLOP, Jill M→

secretary · appointed 2005-02-11 · resigned 2005-02-11

Resigned

FC SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2005-02-11 · resigned 2005-02-11

Resigned

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