A & M COURIERS (GLASGOW) LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC689586 · ltd · incorporated 2021-02-17
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£-927
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (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
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £927
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£927
↑ 76% YoY
Current Assets
£14k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£4k-£292£3k£7k£11k£14kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£45.4k£12.6k
Current assets£14.3k£12.6k
Net assets£-927£-3.9k

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-07-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-07-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-06-30
    MURDOCH, Anthony Robert resigned
    director
  7. 2023-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-03-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-02-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A & M COURIERS (GLASGOW) LTD
  12. 2021-02-17
    DUFFY, Martin Joseph appointed
    director
  13. 2021-02-17
    MURDOCH, Anthony Robert appointed
    director
  14. 2021-02-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martin Joseph Duffy
Individual · British · DOB 09/1983 · age 43
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/02/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Anthony Robert Murdochceased 30/06/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2021-02-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Overland Building
Main Street
Larbert
FK5 4PU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

DUFFY, Martin Joseph
director · ~43y · appointed 2021-02-17
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Active
MURDOCH, Anthony Robert
director · ~33y · appointed 2021-02-17 · resigned 2023-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-02-17