AM BID SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC485842 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-03
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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 (2 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2024-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-07-10
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
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  6. 2023-07-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-07-04
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2023-07-04
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2023-07-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  10. 2023-07-04
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  11. 2023-07-04
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  12. 2023-07-04
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  13. 2023-07-04
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  14. 2023-07-04
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  15. 2023-07-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2023-06-30
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    FATCHETT, Brendan John appointed
    director
  17. 2023-06-30
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    FATCHETT, Sarah Anne appointed
    director
  18. 2023-06-30
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    MORRISON, Emma resigned
    secretary
  19. 2023-06-30
    ➖
    MORRISON, Andrew James resigned
    director
  20. 2023-06-30
    ➖
    MORRISON, Emma Jane resigned
    director
  21. 2023-06-30
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    THOMSON, Philip Allen resigned
    director
  22. 2023-04-04
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  23. 2023-04-04
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  24. 2022-11-24
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    accounts · AA
  25. 2022-09-09
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    GRAY, David Alan resigned
    director
  26. 2022-09-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  27. 2022-09-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  28. 2022-09-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  29. 2021-04-06
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    THOMSON, Philip Allen appointed
    director
  30. 2017-10-01
    ➕
    GRAY, David Alan appointed
    director
  31. 2014-09-03
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    Company incorporated
    As AM BID SERVICES LTD
  32. 2014-09-03
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    MORRISON, Emma appointed
    secretary
  33. 2014-09-03
    ➕
    MORRISON, Andrew James appointed
    director
  34. 2014-09-03
    ➕
    MORRISON, Emma Jane appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

Bidding Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bidding Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AM BID SERVICES LTD
This company · SC485842

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bidding Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/06/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Emma Jane Morrisonceased 30/06/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Mr Andrew James Morrisonceased 04/04/2023· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2014-09-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Wework
80 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3BU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

FATCHETT, Brendan John→
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FATCHETT, Sarah Anne→
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRISON, Emma→
secretary · appointed 2014-09-03 · resigned 2023-06-30
Resigned
GRAY, David Alan→
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-10-01 · resigned 2022-09-09
Resigned
MORRISON, Andrew James→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-09-03 · resigned 2023-06-30
Resigned
MORRISON, Emma Jane→
director · ~57y · appointed 2014-09-03 · resigned 2023-06-30
Resigned
THOMSON, Philip Allen→
director · ~59y · appointed 2021-04-06 · resigned 2023-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-07-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-05
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-07-04
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-07-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-07-04