AMI CONTRACTS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC186011 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-22
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£58.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 77330Renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers)
  • 77390Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -53% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 27.7y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £58,227
Very low cash
Cash position: £48
Cash draining
Cash down 53% YoY
Cash YoY
-53%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£48
↓ 53% YoY
Net Worth
£58k
↑ 6.4% YoY
Current Assets
£58k
↑ 7.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£12k£23k£35k£47k£58kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£59.0k£55.8k
Current assets£58.1k£53.9k
Cash£48£102
Debtors£58.0k£53.8k
Net assets£58.2k£54.7k

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

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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

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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
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  13. 2015-05-05
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  17. 2001-09-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 1998-08-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 1998-05-22
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    Company incorporated
    As AMI CONTRACTS LTD.
  20. 1998-05-22
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    MCINTYRE, Sandra Russell appointed
    secretary
  21. 1998-05-22
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    MCINTYRE, Archibald appointed
    director
  22. 1998-05-22
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    MCINTYRE, Sandra Russell appointed
    director
  23. 1998-05-22
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    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1998-05-22
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    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-05-22
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    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  26. 1998-05-22
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    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Archibald Mcintyre
Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-05-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

2 Macdowall Street
Paisley
PA3 2NB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last: 2025-05-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCINTYRE, Sandra Russell→
secretary · appointed 1998-05-22
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Active
MCINTYRE, Archibald→
director · ~74y · appointed 1998-05-22
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Active
MCINTYRE, Sandra Russell→
director · ~63y · appointed 1998-05-22
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-05-22 · resigned 1998-05-22
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1998-05-22 · resigned 1998-05-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property03/08/199811/09/2001

Recent filings (68 total)

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2025-05-20
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2024-06-17
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2024-05-22
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2023-05-17
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2023-04-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-17
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accounts · AA
2022-04-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-22
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2019-05-28
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accounts · AA
2019-03-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-05-23