AMOS BEECH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC397565 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-12
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£36.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46650
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £36,353
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£203k
↓ 4.7% YoY
Net Worth
£36k
↑ 1093% YoY
Current Assets
£734k
↑ 4.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£147k£294k£441k£588k£734kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£45.0k£26.9k
Current assets£734.5k£703.4k
Cash£202.6k£212.7k
Debtors£504.3k£467.4k
Net assets£36.4k£3.0k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 resolution
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-01-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2026-01-12
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  4. 2025-11-20
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2025-11-20
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-04-30
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  8. 2025-04-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2025-04-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2025-04-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2025-04-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2025-04-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2025-04-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2025-03-31
    ➕
    JAMES, Brockwell appointed
    director
  15. 2025-03-31
    ➕
    JAMES, Oskar appointed
    director
  16. 2025-03-31
    ➖
    JAMES, Margie resigned
    director
  17. 2024-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2024-04-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2024-04-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2024-04-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  21. 2024-04-18
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  22. 2024-04-05
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  23. 2023-07-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2023-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2023-05-12
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    KER, Grant resigned
    director
  26. 2023-05-09
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  27. 2023-05-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  28. 2022-09-30
    ➖
    JAMES, Roy resigned
    director
  29. 2015-12-31
    ➕
    JAMES, Samuel appointed
    director
  30. 2015-12-31
    ➕
    JAMES, Margie appointed
    director
  31. 2015-12-31
    ➕
    JAMES, Roy appointed
    director
  32. 2015-12-31
    ➕
    KER, Grant appointed
    director
  33. 2011-04-12
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    Company incorporated
    As AMOS BEECH LIMITED
  34. 2011-04-12
    ➕
    JAMES, Simon Geoffrey appointed
    director

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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 — JAMES, Brockwell (same surname) appointed 2025-03-31. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Geoffrey James
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
——sig. influencesignificant influence31/05/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Margie Jamesceased 31/03/2025· 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
Incorporated2011-04-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46650 — SIC 46650

Registered office

8 Middlefield Road
Falkirk
Stirlingshire
FK2 9AG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-26
Last: 2025-04-12

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

JAMES, Brockwell→
director · ~27y · appointed 2025-03-31
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Active
JAMES, Oskar→
director · ~26y · appointed 2025-03-31
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Active
JAMES, Samuel→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-12-31
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Active
JAMES, Simon Geoffrey→
director · ~72y · appointed 2011-04-12
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Active
JAMES, Margie→
director · ~70y · appointed 2015-12-31 · resigned 2025-03-31
Resigned
JAMES, Roy→
director · ~47y · appointed 2015-12-31 · resigned 2022-09-30
Resigned
KER, Grant→
director · ~38y · appointed 2015-12-31 · resigned 2023-05-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-14
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-01-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-20
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-04-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-23