AME (NI) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI067369 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-03
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2021-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-12-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-19
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  14. 2018-01-17
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  15. 2018-01-05
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  16. 2018-01-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2017-02-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  18. 2016-12-09
    ➖
    SIMMS, David resigned
    director
  19. 2010-08-19
    ➕
    SIMMS, David appointed
    director
  20. 2010-02-01
    ➕
    GOOD, Lynn appointed
    secretary
  21. 2010-02-01
    ➖
    FRANCIS, Deirdre resigned
    secretary
  22. 2010-02-01
    ➖
    FRANCIS, Deirdre resigned
    director
  23. 2010-01-21
    ➕
    GOOD, Lynn appointed
    director
  24. 2010-01-21
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, David appointed
    director
  25. 2008-04-28
    ➕
    FUREY, Richard appointed
    director
  26. 2008-04-28
    ➕
    FRANCIS, Deirdre appointed
    secretary
  27. 2008-04-28
    ➖
    SARCON COMPLIANCE LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2008-04-28
    ➖
    CRUMLEY, Louise resigned
    director
  29. 2008-04-28
    ➕
    FRANCIS, Deirdre appointed
    director
  30. 2008-04-28
    ➖
    JOHNSTON, Michael resigned
    director
  31. 2007-12-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AME (NI) LIMITED
  32. 2007-12-03
    ➕
    SARCON COMPLIANCE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  33. 2007-12-03
    ➕
    CRUMLEY, Louise appointed
    director
  34. 2007-12-03
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Lynn Joy Good
Individual · Irish · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares10/04/2019
Mr Richard Furey
Individual · Irish · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr David Sinclair
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Simmsceased 28/09/2017· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2007-12-03
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

20 Meadowbank Road
Carrickfergus
BT38 8YF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-17
Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

GOOD, Lynn→
secretary · appointed 2010-02-01
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Active
FUREY, Richard→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-04-28
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Active
GOOD, Lynn→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINCLAIR, David→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRANCIS, Deirdre→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-28 · resigned 2010-02-01
Resigned
SARCON COMPLIANCE LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-12-03 · resigned 2008-04-28
Resigned
CRUMLEY, Louise→
director · ~45y · appointed 2007-12-03 · resigned 2008-04-28
Resigned
FRANCIS, Deirdre→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-04-28 · resigned 2010-02-01
Resigned
JOHNSTON, Michael→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-12-03 · resigned 2008-04-28
Resigned
SIMMS, David→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-08-19 · resigned 2016-12-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property07/02/2017—
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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-03