A E M GROUP LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04518525 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-23
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (76/100)

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 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.

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£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

2 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-03-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2022-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-01-13
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    SPELLMAN, Philip Bryan resigned
    director
  9. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2017-07-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2016-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-03-31
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    MILLWARD, Jennifer resigned
    secretary
  18. 2011-03-31
    ➖
    MILLWARD, Anthony Edward resigned
    director
  19. 2004-04-01
    ➕
    LAZIC, Petar appointed
    director
  20. 2004-04-01
    ➕
    SPELLMAN, Philip Bryan appointed
    director
  21. 2003-02-28
    ➕
    MILLWARD, Jennifer appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-02-28
    ➕
    MILLWARD, Anthony Edward appointed
    director
  23. 2002-08-23
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    Company incorporated
    As A E M GROUP LIMITED
  24. 2002-08-23
    ➕
    SCOTT, Stephen John appointed
    nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-08-23
    ➖
    SCOTT, Stephen John resigned
    nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-08-23
    ➕
    SCOTT, Jacqueline appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 2002-08-23
    ➖
    SCOTT, Jacqueline resigned
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Petar Lazic
Individual · English · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Philip Bryan Spellmanceased 01/01/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2002-08-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

The Corner House 4
Beaumont Road
Church Stretton
Shropshire
SY6 6BN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-01
Last: 2026-02-15

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

LAZIC, Petar→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLWARD, Jennifer→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-28 · resigned 2011-03-31
Resigned
SCOTT, Stephen John→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-23 · resigned 2002-08-23
Resigned
MILLWARD, Anthony Edward→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-02-28 · resigned 2011-03-31
Resigned
SCOTT, Jacqueline→
nominee-director · ~75y · appointed 2002-08-23 · resigned 2002-08-23
Resigned
SPELLMAN, Philip Bryan→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-04-01 · resigned 2022-01-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30