AMN CONTRACTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC304993 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£139.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -56% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £139,756
Net assets shrinking
Down £43,874 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 56% YoY
Cash YoY
-56%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£22k
↓ 56% YoY
Net Worth
£140k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£151k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£38k£77k£115k£153k£192kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£142.3k£189.6k
Current assets£150.6k£191.5k
Cash£22.4k£50.7k
Debtors£103.9k£109.4k
Net assets£139.8k£183.6k

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

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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-05-31
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  3. 2023-05-23
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  4. 2022-08-30
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  5. 2021-05-31
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  6. 2020-05-28
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  7. 2019-05-23
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  8. 2018-08-01
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  9. 2018-07-31
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  10. 2018-07-31
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  11. 2017-05-31
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  12. 2016-07-29
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  13. 2015-07-30
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  14. 2015-05-31
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  15. 2014-07-29
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  16. 2006-07-05
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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  17. 2006-07-05
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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  18. 2006-07-04
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    Company incorporated
    As AMN CONTRACTS LIMITED
  19. 2006-07-04
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    CANDLIN, Marie Therese appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-07-04
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    CANDLIN, John appointed
    director
  21. 2006-07-04
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-07-04
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Candlin
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
Mrs Marie Therese Candlin
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-07-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

27 Ingram Street
Glasgow
G1 1HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CANDLIN, Marie Therese→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CANDLIN, John→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-07-04
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Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-07-04 · resigned 2006-07-05
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-07-04 · resigned 2006-07-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
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accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-23
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2018-08-01