AMPM SHOP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC133453 · ltd · incorporated 1991-08-15
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 32.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£500.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.2y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £500,137

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£61k
Net Worth
£500k
Current Assets
£366k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£504.8k
Current assets£366.3k
Cash£60.7k
Debtors£297.5k
Net assets£500.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 incorporation
  • • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-12-24
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2025-12-24
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-12-23
    ➕
    BUTLER, Gordon Howie appointed
    director
  5. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-10-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-11-09
    ➕
    BROWN, Hilary appointed
    secretary
  10. 2023-11-09
    ➖
    LARSEN, Barry Walter resigned
    secretary
  11. 2023-11-09
    ➖
    LARSEN, Barry Walter resigned
    director
  12. 2023-11-09
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2023-11-09
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  14. 2023-11-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2023-08-21
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2023-08-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2023-05-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2023-05-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2023-04-28
    ➕
    BROWN, Hilary appointed
    director
  20. 2023-04-28
    ➕
    LARSEN, Benjamin Alexander appointed
    director
  21. 2023-04-28
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2023-04-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2023-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2022-01-20
    ➕
    LARSEN, Barry Walter appointed
    secretary
  25. 2022-01-20
    ➖
    MOFFAT, Alexander Douglas, Mr. resigned
    secretary
  26. 2022-01-20
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  27. 2022-01-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  28. 2022-01-20
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  29. 2021-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  30. 2008-04-04
    ➖
    ROSS, Simon Fraser Robertson resigned
    director
  31. 2002-06-12
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  32. 2002-05-30
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  33. 2002-05-14
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  34. 2002-02-04
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  35. 2001-04-18
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  36. 1994-10-18
    🔒
    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  37. 1994-02-23
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  38. 1994-02-16
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  39. 1991-08-16
    ➖
    CHALMERS, Anne-Marie resigned
    director
  40. 1991-08-16
    ➕
    LARSEN, Barry Walter appointed
    director
  41. 1991-08-16
    ➕
    ROSS, Simon Fraser Robertson appointed
    director
  42. 1991-08-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMPM SHOP LIMITED
  43. 1991-08-15
    ➕
    MOFFAT, Alexander Douglas, Mr. appointed
    secretary
  44. 1991-08-15
    ➕
    CHALMERS, Anne-Marie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

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

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Larsen And Ross Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AMPM SHOP LIMITED
This company · SC133453

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
Larsen And Ross Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ms Hilary Brownceased 03/05/2023· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
  • Barry Walter Larsenceased 02/05/2023· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-08-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

Office 2d Inverness Town House
High Street
Inverness
IV1 1JJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

BROWN, Hilary→
secretary · appointed 2023-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Hilary→
director · ~61y · appointed 2023-04-28
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Active
BUTLER, Gordon Howie→
director · ~76y · appointed 2025-12-23
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Active
LARSEN, Benjamin Alexander→
director · ~41y · appointed 2023-04-28
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Active
LARSEN, Barry Walter→
secretary · appointed 2022-01-20 · resigned 2023-11-09
Resigned
MOFFAT, Alexander Douglas, Mr.→
secretary · appointed 1991-08-15 · resigned 2022-01-20
Resigned
CHALMERS, Anne-Marie→
director · ~61y · appointed 1991-08-15 · resigned 1991-08-16
Resigned
LARSEN, Barry Walter→
director · ~70y · appointed 1991-08-16 · resigned 2023-11-09
Resigned
ROSS, Simon Fraser Robertson→
director · ~86y · appointed 1991-08-16 · resigned 2008-04-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property30/05/2002—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property04/02/2002—
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property18/10/199418/04/2001
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property23/02/199414/05/2002
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property16/02/199412/06/2002
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Recent filings (106 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-29
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-11-09
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-11-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-08-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-21