AMLHUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC299759 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-28

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.

Why now

Window closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "well run hard buy" recently.

· Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
· Hygiene score: 70 → 90
· Opportunity score: 73 → 81
· Bankability: 65 → 75

Opportunity decay

hardening · 6-months

Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.

· 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

·Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
↑Opportunity score: 73 → 81
↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
↑Bankability: 65 → 75
·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Oct 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other software publishing

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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, 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

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Average employees	400	400

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

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

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2021-10-11
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2021-09-01
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GIBSON, Callum Michael appointed
director
2021-09-01
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GIBSON, Scott David appointed
director
2021-09-01
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GIBSON, Elizabeth Jane resigned
secretary
2021-09-01
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GIBSON, Elizabeth Jane resigned
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2021-07-27
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2017-07-27
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2013-11-01
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RAINS, Margaret Ann appointed
director
2013-11-01
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RAINS, Michael John appointed
director
2013-11-01
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GIBSON, Elizabeth Jane appointed
director
2006-03-28
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Company incorporated
As AMLHUB LIMITED
2006-03-28
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GIBSON, Graham Macfarlane appointed
director
2006-03-28
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GIBSON, Elizabeth Jane appointed
secretary
2006-03-28
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
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2006-03-28
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2006-03-28
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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2006-03-28
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Graham Macfarlane Gibson Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Margaret Ann Rains Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Michael John Rains Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Elizabeth Jane Gibsonceased 01/09/2021· significant influence

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-03-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC58290 — Other software publishing

Registered office

7 King Street

Perth

PH2 8HR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-23

Last: 2026-04-09