H.W.MOON LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
00682402 · ltd · incorporated 1961-02-02
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45112SIC 45112
  • 45200SIC 45200
  • 45320Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £124,757

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax£124.8k£244.3k
Average employees44004600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-22
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  4. 2023-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-26
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2023-04-26
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2022-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2018-09-01
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    MATHER, Steven David appointed
    director
  13. 2018-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-06-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2016-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-03-14
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    MOON, Humphrey William resigned
    director
  18. 2015-09-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2005-04-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 1961-02-02
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    Company incorporated
    As H.W.MOON LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MOON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 65 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
Mrs Dorothy Mary Moon
Individual · British · DOB 11/1947 · age 79
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1961-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Challenge Way
Martland Park
Wigan
WN5 0LD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-01
Last: 2025-08-18

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MOON, Dorothy Mary→
secretary
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Active
MATHER, Steven David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2018-09-01
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Active
MOON, Dorothy Mary→
director · ~79y
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Active
MOON, Humphrey William→
director · ~94y · resigned 2016-03-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property07/04/200517/09/2015

Recent filings (100 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-04-26
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-26