AME LOGISTIC SUPPORT LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC263259 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-10
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£254.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52219
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). 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 (78/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
57 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £254,078
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,367 YoY
Cash YoY
-4%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£282k
↓ 3.8% YoY
Net Worth
£254k
↓ 2.8% YoY
Current Assets
£402k
↓ 4.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£84k£169k£253k£337k£422kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£254.1k£261.5k
Current assets£402.3k£421.6k
Cash£281.8k£293.0k
Debtors£120.6k£128.6k
Net assets£254.1k£261.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-31
    ➖
    MORTON, Deryck Samuel Thomas resigned
    director
  3. 2025-11-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-11-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-11-27
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2024-11-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-10
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  12. 2020-12-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-11
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2020-11-01
    ➕
    MORTON, Deryck Samuel Thomas appointed
    director
  15. 2019-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2004-02-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AME LOGISTIC SUPPORT LTD.
  19. 2004-02-10
    ➕
    HUTTON, Elaine Jennifer appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-02-10
    ➕
    HUTTON, Alan Alexander appointed
    director
  21. 2004-02-10
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-02-10
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-02-10
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2004-02-10
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 22 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Mhairi Hutton
Individual · British · DOB 11/1948 · age 78
50–75%
—50-75% shares28/11/2024
Mr Alan Alexander Hutton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated2004-02-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52219 — SIC 52219

Registered office

25 Glamis Avenue
Elderslie
Renfrewshire
PA5 9NR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-05
Last: 2025-11-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HUTTON, Elaine Jennifer→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUTTON, Alan Alexander→
director · ~80y · appointed 2004-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-10 · resigned 2004-02-10
Resigned
MORTON, Deryck Samuel Thomas→
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-11-01 · resigned 2026-03-31
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-02-10 · resigned 2004-02-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-06-10