AMCO CAPITAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC123992 · ltd · incorporated 1990-03-26

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£309.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

88 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £309,287

Net assets shrinking

Down £34 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£309k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£314k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£310.0k	£310.0k
Current assets	£314.5k	£314.5k
Net assets	£309.3k	£309.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-03-26
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2020-06-24
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2016-06-30
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2001-03-30
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MOFFAT, Alexander Douglas, Mr. resigned
secretary
1996-05-09
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MCLAREN, William Moray resigned
director
1996-05-01
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BUCHAN, Ross Douglas resigned
director
1996-01-25
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DEANS, George appointed
secretary
1996-01-25
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DEANS, George appointed
director
1993-06-28
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MCDOWELL, Robert Wilson resigned
director
1990-03-27
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DEANS, George James appointed
director
1990-03-27
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BUCHAN, Ross Douglas appointed
director
1990-03-27
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CHALMERS, Anne-Marie resigned
director
1990-03-27
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MCDOWELL, Robert Wilson appointed
director
1990-03-27
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MCLAREN, William Moray appointed
director
1990-03-26
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Company incorporated
As AMCO CAPITAL LIMITED
1990-03-26
➕
MOFFAT, Alexander Douglas, Mr. appointed
secretary
1990-03-26
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CHALMERS, Anne-Marie appointed
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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 George Deans Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	01/05/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1990-03-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

12 Market Place

Lauder

Berwickshire

TD2 6SR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-09

Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

DEANS, George→

secretary · appointed 1996-01-25

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Active

DEANS, George→

director · ~59y · appointed 1996-01-25

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Active

DEANS, George James→

director · ~87y · appointed 1990-03-27

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Active

MOFFAT, Alexander Douglas, Mr.→

secretary · appointed 1990-03-26 · resigned 2001-03-30

Resigned

BUCHAN, Ross Douglas→

director · ~71y · appointed 1990-03-27 · resigned 1996-05-01

Resigned

CHALMERS, Anne-Marie→

director · ~61y · appointed 1990-03-26 · resigned 1990-03-27

Resigned

MCDOWELL, Robert Wilson→

director · ~79y · appointed 1990-03-27 · resigned 1993-06-28

Resigned

MCLAREN, William Moray→

director · ~76y · appointed 1990-03-27 · resigned 1996-05-09

Resigned

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