ABC. AMBULANCE SERVICES (UK) LTD.
🏛️Establishedactive
SC555212 · ltd · incorporated 2017-01-23
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£5.04M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 £5,035,455
Cash YoY
+22%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£3.9m
↑ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£5.0m
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£4.6m
↑ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £5.21M | £4.46M |
| Current assets | £4.60M | £3.67M |
| Cash | £3.89M | £3.18M |
| Debtors | £701.1k | £480.3k |
| Net assets | £5.04M | £4.28M |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2022-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-15📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-12-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-12-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2017-02-02📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2017-02-02📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2017-01-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ABC. AMBULANCE SERVICES (UK) LTD.
- 2017-01-23➕BOSLEM, Graeme Mckenzie appointeddirector
- 2017-01-23➕DALY, Michael Joseph appointeddirector
- 2017-01-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Abc Ambulance Services Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
🏛️significant stake
Abc Ambulance Services Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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ABC. AMBULANCE SERVICES (UK) LTD.
This company · SC555212
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Abc Ambulance Services Ltd Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest | 23/01/2017 |
Michael Joseph Daly Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 23/01/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Graeme Mckenzie Boslemceased 23/01/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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
Incorporated2017-01-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
3 Millfield Drive
Polmont
Falkirk
FK2 0PJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-22
Last: 2026-02-08
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BOSLEM, Graeme Mckenzie→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2017-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DALY, Michael Joseph→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2017-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (25 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-22