AMS MARINE SERVICES UK LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC542292 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-09

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 Aug 2024

Net worth

£34.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Human resources provision and management of human resources functions

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 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

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £34,867

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,053 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£35k

↓ 8.1% YoY

Current Assets

£954

↑ 15% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£34.9k	£37.9k
Current assets	£954	£832
Net assets	£34.9k	£37.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-05-27
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accounts · AA
2024-05-28
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accounts · AA
2023-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-17
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address · AD01
2019-06-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-05-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-29
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capital · SH01
2017-08-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-07-05
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-02-04
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officers · TM01
2017-01-31
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SOLIBAGA, Chanda Sintos resigned
director
2017-01-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-01-30
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TAYLOR, Nancy Pagulayan resigned
director
2017-01-08
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officers · AP01
2017-01-07
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TAYLOR, Nancy Pagulayan appointed
director
2016-12-23
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SOLIBAGA, Chanda Sintos appointed
director
2016-11-18
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CORTES, Ruel resigned
director
2016-11-07
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CORTES, Racquel Garcia appointed
director
2016-11-07
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CORTES, Racquel resigned
secretary
2016-08-09
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Company incorporated
As AMS MARINE SERVICES UK LTD
2016-08-09
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CORTES, Racquel appointed
secretary
2016-08-09
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CORTES, Ruel 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

45/100

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.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Racquel Garcia Cortes Individual · British · DOB 01/1971 · age 55	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	30/06/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Ruel Cortesceased 09/08/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest

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

Incorporated2016-08-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC78300 — Human resources provision and management of human resources functions

Registered office

10b Laing Street

Dundee

DD3 7BW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-19

Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

CORTES, Racquel Garcia→

director · ~55y · appointed 2016-11-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CORTES, Racquel→

secretary · appointed 2016-08-09 · resigned 2016-11-07

Resigned

CORTES, Ruel→

director · ~53y · appointed 2016-08-09 · resigned 2016-11-18

Resigned

SOLIBAGA, Chanda Sintos→

director · ~47y · appointed 2016-12-23 · resigned 2017-01-31

Resigned

TAYLOR, Nancy Pagulayan→

director · ~52y · appointed 2017-01-07 · resigned 2017-01-30

Resigned

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