A.W.M.D. LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC265148 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-18

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£3.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,525

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4k

↑ 63% YoY

Current Assets

£46k

↑ 50% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£25.9k	£22.5k
Current assets	£45.9k	£30.5k
Net assets	£3.5k	£2.2k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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2024-05-21
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accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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accounts · AA
2021-06-04
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accounts · AA
2020-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-31
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-20
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annual-return · AR01
2014-03-24
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annual-return · AR01
2008-08-19
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DICKSON, Michael Alan resigned
director
2004-03-18
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Company incorporated
As A.W.M.D. LIMITED
2004-03-18
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WOOD, Elizabeth Ann appointed
secretary
2004-03-18
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WOOD, Andrew William appointed
director
2004-03-18
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-03-18
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-03-18
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DICKSON, Michael Alan appointed
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 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew William Wood Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1959 · age 67	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Wood Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-03-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

Halidean Mill

Melrose

Roxburghshire

TD6 9DW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-01

Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WOOD, Elizabeth Ann→

secretary · appointed 2004-03-18

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Active

WOOD, Andrew William→

director · ~67y · appointed 2004-03-18

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-18 · resigned 2004-03-18

Resigned

DICKSON, Michael Alan→

director · ~55y · appointed 2004-03-18 · resigned 2008-08-19

Resigned

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