A&M CLEANERS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC485868 · 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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£52.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
24 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £52,811
Net assets shrinking
Down £30,448 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£53k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Assets
£83k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20k£39k£59k£78k£98kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£75.1k£92.4k
Current assets£82.5k£97.5k
Net assets£52.8k£83.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-14
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-03-07
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    ANDERSON, Colin appointed
    director
  8. 2021-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-09-03
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    Company incorporated
    As A&M CLEANERS LTD
  16. 2014-09-03
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    ANDERSON, Angela appointed
    director
  17. 2014-09-03
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Mrs Angela Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
50–75%
—50-75% shares03/09/2016

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
Incorporated2014-09-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81299 — Other cleaning services

Registered office

13 Fennsbank Avenue Rutherglen
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G73 5LR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ANDERSON, Angela→
director · ~55y · appointed 2014-09-03
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Active
ANDERSON, Colin→
director · ~55y · appointed 2022-03-07
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-16