AMTEQ E & I SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC294077 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-05
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£95.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33140
Sector: Manufacturing
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- 71200Technical testing and analysis
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £95,222
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£95k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£108k
↑ 27% 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 | £97.4k | £79.3k |
| Current assets | £108.2k | £85.5k |
| Cash | — | £82.0k |
| Debtors | — | £3.5k |
| Net assets | £95.2k | £74.8k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-10📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2015-04-06➕MITCHELL, Svetlana appointeddirector
- 2015-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-11📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2013-10-31➖MITCHELL, Gail Doreen resignedsecretary
- 2013-10-31➖MITCHELL, Gail Doreen resigneddirector
- 2005-12-05🏢Company incorporatedAs AMTEQ E & I SERVICES LIMITED
- 2005-12-05➕MITCHELL, Adrian Robertson appointeddirector
- 2005-12-05➕MITCHELL, Gail Doreen appointedsecretary
- 2005-12-05➕MITCHELL, Gail Doreen appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
cleanNo 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 Adrian Robertson Mitchell Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Svetlana Mitchell Individual · Russian · DOB 11/1963 · age 63 | 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-12-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140
Registered office
22 Main Street
Hatton
Aberdeenshire
AB42 0SB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
MITCHELL, Adrian Robertson→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2005-12-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MITCHELL, Svetlana→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2015-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MITCHELL, Gail Doreen→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-12-05 · resigned 2013-10-31
MITCHELL, Gail Doreen→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2005-12-05 · resigned 2013-10-31
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Recent filings (45 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-06