AMJCO TRADING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC318299 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-12
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-244.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
55 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £244,365

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£244k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£68k
↑ 128% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£277k-£208k-£139k-£70k-£1k£68kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-242.9k£-276.7k
Current assets£68.0k£29.8k
Net assets£-244.4k£-277.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-20
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    address · AD01
  4. 2023-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-09-12
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2022-03-31
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  9. 2021-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  11. 2018-12-21
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  12. 2017-11-27
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  13. 2016-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2007-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As AMJCO TRADING LIMITED
  16. 2007-03-12
    ➕
    BASHIR, Nikeht Parveen appointed
    secretary
  17. 2007-03-12
    ➕
    BASHIR, Amjid appointed
    director
  18. 2007-03-12
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2007-03-12
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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  20. 2007-03-12
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2007-03-12
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Amjid Bashir
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-03-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

83 Queen Street
Glasgow
G1 3DA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BASHIR, Nikeht Parveen→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BASHIR, Amjid→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-03-12
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-03-12 · resigned 2007-03-12
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-03-12 · resigned 2007-03-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-27
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-13