AMCOUNTING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC487460 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-25
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£-226
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £226

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£226
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£226£10k£20k£30k£40k£50kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-226£-226
Current assets£50.0k
Debtors£50.0k
Net assets£-226£-226

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-17
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-07-17
    📄
    dissolution-withdrawal-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS02
  3. 2025-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-16
    📄
    dissolution-voluntary-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · SOAS(A)
  5. 2024-06-25
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  6. 2024-06-17
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  7. 2024-06-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-11-24
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-05-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-07-05
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  11. 2022-05-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-10-02
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2019-10-02
    📄
    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  16. 2019-09-27
    EADIE, Lynn Elizabeth resigned
    director
  17. 2019-09-27
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-09-27
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2019-06-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2014-09-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMCOUNTING LIMITED
  21. 2014-09-25
    MITCHELL, Andrew John Gilmour appointed
    director
  22. 2014-09-25
    EADIE, Lynn Elizabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-07-17: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew John Gilmour Mitchell
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1980 · age 46
75100%
75-100% shares26/09/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Lynn Elizabeth Eadieceased 27/09/2019· 75-100% shares

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-09-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

Unit 9, Rfl House
Anderson Street
Dunblane
FK15 9AJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MITCHELL, Andrew John Gilmour
director · ~46y · appointed 2014-09-25
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Active
EADIE, Lynn Elizabeth
director · ~45y · appointed 2014-09-25 · resigned 2019-09-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-07-17
dissolution-withdrawal-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS02
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
dissolution-voluntary-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · SOAS(A)
2024-07-16
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2024-06-25
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-23