AMG WARRANTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC265646 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-29

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.

Why now

Window steady · medium confidence

Thesis has shifted recently — watch for confirmation.

· Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → unclassified
· Deal-killer verdict: clean → workable

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

·Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → unclassified
↑Deal-killer verdict: clean → workable

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 6.2y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 6.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30
Average employees	0

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

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3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-02-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-02-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-29
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officers · CH01
2024-01-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-06-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-15
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FACENNA, David John appointed
director
2022-08-15
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FACENNA, Gerald Carlo appointed
director
2022-08-15
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FACENNA, Peter Ewen appointed
director
2022-08-15
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officers · AP01
2022-08-15
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officers · AP01
2022-08-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-05-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-04-01
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mortgage · MR01
2020-03-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2020-03-10
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-03-10
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officers · TM01
2020-03-09
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RITCHIE, Brian William Athol appointed
secretary
2020-03-09
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officers · AP03
2020-03-06
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FACENNA, Michael Angelo resigned
director
2020-02-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-10-31
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PRYOR, Stephen resigned
director
2016-08-01
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PRYOR, Stephen appointed
director
2016-05-08
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NELSON, Paul Anthony resigned
secretary
2006-09-04
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GILLIES, Gavin Charles resigned
secretary
2006-09-04
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NELSON, Paul Anthony appointed
secretary
2004-03-31
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-03-31
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-03-30
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FACENNA, Geraldo appointed
director
2004-03-30
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GILLIES, Gavin Charles appointed
secretary
2004-03-30
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FACENNA, Michael Angelo appointed
director
2004-03-29
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Company incorporated
As AMG WARRANTIES LIMITED
2004-03-29
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-03-29
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — FACENNA, David John (same surname) appointed 2022-08-15. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

Allied Holdings (Uk) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Allied Holdings (Uk) Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AMG WARRANTIES LIMITED

This company · SC265646

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Allied Holdings (Uk) Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Michael Facennaceased 06/03/2020· significant influence
Mr Geraldo Facennaceased 06/04/2016· significant influence

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

Incorporated2004-03-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Lomond House

23 Lomond Street

Glasgow

G22 6JJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-12

Last: 2026-03-29