ANDREWS EARTH MOVING LIMITED

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02743949 · ltd · incorporated 1992-09-01
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-152.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Demolition
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 31.4y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (1 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £152,732

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£153k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£64k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£153k-£109k-£66k-£23k£21k£64kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-152.7k£-152.4k
Current assets£63.8k£64.1k
Debtors£63.8k£64.1k
Net assets£-152.7k£-152.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-15
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2019-04-08
    ➖
    WARREN, Brian resigned
    secretary
  10. 2018-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-09-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2008-10-07
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    ANDREWS, Peter John appointed
    director
  18. 2008-10-07
    ➖
    LITTLETON, Steve resigned
    director
  19. 2000-09-27
    ➖
    ROSE, Barry resigned
    secretary
  20. 2000-09-27
    ➕
    WARREN, Brian appointed
    secretary
  21. 1995-11-24
    ➖
    LITTLETON, Steve resigned
    secretary
  22. 1995-11-24
    ➕
    ROSE, Barry appointed
    secretary
  23. 1995-11-24
    ➖
    ANDREWS, Peter John resigned
    director
  24. 1995-11-24
    ➕
    LITTLETON, Steve appointed
    director
  25. 1995-02-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  26. 1994-11-11
    ➖
    ANDREWS, Suzanne Jane resigned
    secretary
  27. 1994-11-11
    ➕
    LITTLETON, Steve appointed
    secretary
  28. 1994-11-11
    ➖
    ANDREWS, Suzanne Jane resigned
    director
  29. 1994-09-01
    ➕
    ANDREWS, Suzanne Jane appointed
    director
  30. 1992-09-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANDREWS EARTH MOVING LIMITED
  31. 1992-09-01
    ➕
    ANDREWS, Suzanne Jane appointed
    secretary
  32. 1992-09-01
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1992-09-01
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1992-09-01
    ➕
    ANDREWS, Peter John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ANDREWS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter John Andrews
Individual · British · DOB 04/1943 · age 83
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-09-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43110 — Demolition

Registered office

Alum House
5 Alum Chine Road
Westbourne
Bournemouth
BH4 8DT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)

ANDREWS, Peter John→
director · ~83y · appointed 2008-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDREWS, Suzanne Jane→
secretary · appointed 1992-09-01 · resigned 1994-11-11
Resigned
LITTLETON, Steve→
secretary · appointed 1994-11-11 · resigned 1995-11-24
Resigned
ROSE, Barry→
secretary · appointed 1995-11-24 · resigned 2000-09-27
Resigned
WARREN, Brian→
secretary · appointed 2000-09-27 · resigned 2019-04-08
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-09-01 · resigned 1992-09-01
Resigned
ANDREWS, Peter John→
director · ~83y · appointed 1992-09-01 · resigned 1995-11-24
Resigned
ANDREWS, Suzanne Jane→
director · ~79y · appointed 1994-09-01 · resigned 1994-11-11
Resigned
LITTLETON, Steve→
director · ~83y · appointed 1995-11-24 · resigned 2008-10-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property23/02/1995—
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Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-05-15