A.MOSS (ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL SERVICES) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03327031 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-04
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33140
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees1100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-23
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2020-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-05-01
    ➕
    DOYLE MOSS, Helen appointed
    secretary
  17. 2006-05-01
    ➖
    MOSS, Brenda Sylvia resigned
    secretary
  18. 2006-05-01
    ➖
    MOSS, Alan Herbert resigned
    director
  19. 1997-03-24
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    MOSS, Keith Ian appointed
    director
  20. 1997-03-04
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    Company incorporated
    As A.MOSS (ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL SERVICES) LIMITED
  21. 1997-03-04
    ➕
    MOSS, Brenda Sylvia appointed
    secretary
  22. 1997-03-04
    ➕
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-03-04
    ➖
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-03-04
    ➕
    MOSS, Alan Herbert appointed
    director
  25. 1997-03-04
    ➕
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1997-03-04
    ➖
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 "MOSS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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 Keith Ian Moss
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares09/01/2017

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

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7 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
Incorporated1997-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

249 Cranbrook Road
Ilford
Essex
IG1 4TG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-21
Last: 2026-01-07

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

DOYLE MOSS, Helen→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOSS, Keith Ian→
director · ~60y · appointed 1997-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOSS, Brenda Sylvia→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-04 · resigned 2006-05-01
Resigned
HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-04 · resigned 1997-03-04
Resigned
MOSS, Alan Herbert→
director · ~88y · appointed 1997-03-04 · resigned 2006-05-01
Resigned
HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-03-04 · resigned 1997-03-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2020-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-30