AMS SCOTLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC312105 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-17
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced Carrier
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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 8.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.6 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
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
Average employees11001100

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
4
filings
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 capital
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  2. 2026-04-17
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  3. 2026-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-04-14
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2026-04-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-09-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-04-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2025-04-02
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2025-03-31
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  11. 2024-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-09-28
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Marilynne Freda appointed
    director
  13. 2023-09-28
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Ryan appointed
    director
  14. 2023-09-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2023-09-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2023-09-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-06-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2017-10-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Sctland PLC
  23. 2006-11-17
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    Company incorporated
    As AMS SCOTLAND LIMITED
  24. 2006-11-17
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Marilynne appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-11-17
    ➕
    MITCHELL, William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MITCHELL, Ryan (same surname) appointed 2023-09-28. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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 William Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 05/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
Mrs Marilynne Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-11-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC53202 — Unlicenced Carrier

Registered office

Suite 5 Milngavie Enterprise Centre
Ellangowan Court
Milngavie, Glasgow
East Dunbartonshire
G62 8PH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-08
Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MITCHELL, Marilynne→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-17
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Active
MITCHELL, Marilynne Freda→
director · ~70y · appointed 2023-09-28
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Active
MITCHELL, Ryan→
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-09-28
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Active
MITCHELL, William→
director · ~78y · appointed 2006-11-17
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Bank of Sctland
Bank of Sctland PLC
A registered charge—19/10/201717/06/2020

Recent filings (58 total)

resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-04-22
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-16
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-04-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-02
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22