AMOS BEECH LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC397565 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-12
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£36.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46650
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £36,353
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£203k
↓ 4.7% YoY
Net Worth
£36k
↑ 1093% YoY
Current Assets
£734k
↑ 4.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £45.0k | £26.9k |
| Current assets | £734.5k | £703.4k |
| Cash | £202.6k | £212.7k |
| Debtors | £504.3k | £467.4k |
| Net assets | £36.4k | £3.0k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 resolution
- • 2 capital
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-01-14📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-01-12📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-11-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-11-20📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-30📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-04-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-04-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-31➕JAMES, Brockwell appointeddirector
- 2025-03-31➕JAMES, Oskar appointeddirector
- 2025-03-31➖JAMES, Margie resigneddirector
- 2024-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-04-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-04-18📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2024-04-18📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-04-05📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-07-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-12➖KER, Grant resigneddirector
- 2023-05-09📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-05-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-09-30➖JAMES, Roy resigneddirector
- 2015-12-31➕JAMES, Samuel appointeddirector
- 2015-12-31➕JAMES, Margie appointeddirector
- 2015-12-31➕JAMES, Roy appointeddirector
- 2015-12-31➕KER, Grant appointeddirector
- 2011-04-12🏢Company incorporatedAs AMOS BEECH LIMITED
- 2011-04-12➕JAMES, Simon Geoffrey appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
33/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — JAMES, Brockwell (same surname) appointed 2025-03-31. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Simon Geoffrey James Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 31/05/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Margie Jamesceased 31/03/2025· significant influence
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
Incorporated2011-04-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46650 — SIC 46650
Registered office
8 Middlefield Road
Falkirk
Stirlingshire
FK2 9AG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-26
Last: 2025-04-12
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
JAMES, Brockwell→
Activedirector · ~27y · appointed 2025-03-31
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JAMES, Oskar→
Activedirector · ~26y · appointed 2025-03-31
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JAMES, Samuel→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2015-12-31
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JAMES, Simon Geoffrey→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2011-04-12
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JAMES, Margie→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2015-12-31 · resigned 2025-03-31
JAMES, Roy→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2015-12-31 · resigned 2022-09-30
KER, Grant→
Resigneddirector · ~38y · appointed 2015-12-31 · resigned 2023-05-12
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Recent filings (65 total)
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-14
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-01-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-20
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-04-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-23