AMF TRADING (SCOTLAND) LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC804780 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-27
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£894
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
11 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
60
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £894

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£894
Current Assets
£52k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£50.9k
Current assets£51.7k
Net assets£894

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-19
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2024-04-19
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-04-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-04-19
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-04-19
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-04-19
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-03-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMF TRADING (SCOTLAND) LTD
  10. 2024-03-27
    ➕
    FORREST, Andrew appointed
    director
  11. 2024-03-27
    ➕
    FORREST, Shirrell appointed
    director
  12. 2024-03-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Forrest
Individual · British · DOB 10/1989 · age 37
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/03/2024
Mrs Shirrell Forrest
Individual · British · DOB 09/1989 · age 37
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/03/2024

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
Incorporated2024-03-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Office 2, 48 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 1BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FORREST, Andrew→
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-03-27
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Active
FORREST, Shirrell→
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-03-27
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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-04-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-27