ARMISHAWS REMOVALS LTD

🌳Matureactive
03588285 · ltd · incorporated 1998-06-25
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£2.60M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Removal services
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -92% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.0y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
83 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
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,604,128
Net assets shrinking
Down £834,959 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 92% YoY
Cash YoY
-92%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£130k
↓ 92% YoY
Net Worth
£2.6m
↓ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£1.9m
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£688k£1.4m£2.1m£2.8m£3.4mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£3.00M£3.86M
Current assets£1.85M£2.70M
Cash£130.3k£1.58M
Debtors£1.72M£1.12M
Net assets£2.60M£3.44M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2024-06-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-01
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2020-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  12. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-06
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-10-04
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    ARMISHAW, David appointed
    director
  16. 2017-07-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2017-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-07-13
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2003-10-03
    ➕
    ARMISHAW, Ruth appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-10-03
    ➖
    BOXALL, Anne resigned
    secretary
  21. 2003-10-03
    ➖
    BOXALL, Anne resigned
    director
  22. 2003-10-03
    ➖
    ROBERTS, David resigned
    director
  23. 1998-10-23
    ➕
    ARMISHAW, Lloyd Melvin appointed
    director
  24. 1998-10-23
    ➕
    BOXALL, Anne appointed
    director
  25. 1998-06-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARMISHAWS REMOVALS LTD
  26. 1998-06-25
    ➕
    BOXALL, Anne appointed
    secretary
  27. 1998-06-25
    ➕
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-06-25
    ➖
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1998-06-25
    ➕
    ROBERTS, David appointed
    director
  30. 1998-06-25
    ➕
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1998-06-25
    ➖
    FIRST DIRECTORS 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
  • +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 "ARMISHAW" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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.)

Group structure

Armishaws Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Armishaws Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ARMISHAWS REMOVALS LTD
This company · 03588285

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Armishaws Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/06/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Lloyd Melvin Armishawceased 25/06/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated1998-06-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49420 — Removal services

Registered office

One The Centre
The High Street
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 4AB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

ARMISHAW, Ruth→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARMISHAW, David→
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARMISHAW, Lloyd Melvin→
director · ~72y · appointed 1998-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOXALL, Anne→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-25 · resigned 2003-10-03
Resigned
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-06-25 · resigned 1998-06-25
Resigned
BOXALL, Anne→
director · ~81y · appointed 1998-10-23 · resigned 2003-10-03
Resigned
ROBERTS, David→
director · ~74y · appointed 1998-06-25 · resigned 2003-10-03
Resigned
FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-06-25 · resigned 1998-06-25
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
A registered charge—29/05/2020—
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Recent filings (83 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-06-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-06-01