ABELS MOVING SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03592000 · ltd · incorporated 1998-07-02
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 27.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£8.19M
year to Jun 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 52290Other transportation support activities
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 27.6y
80/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 27.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
20 officers (5 active, 20 linked, 13 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
132 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 102Profitable
Profit before tax £315,265
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|
| Turnover | £8.19M |
| Gross profit | £4.59M |
| Operating profit | £369.1k |
| Profit before tax | £315.3k |
| Average employees | 7900 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (61 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-11-11➖HIBBERT, David Michael, Mr. resigneddirector
- 2025-11-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-15📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-06-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-03-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-02-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-01➕DUGARD, Kirk, Mr. appointeddirector
- 2022-02-01➕HIBBERT, David Michael, Mr. appointeddirector
- 2022-01-31➕COSTA-RISING, Mark appointeddirector
- 2022-01-31➕SAMPSON, Stephen Samuel appointeddirector
- 2022-01-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-01-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-31➖PERTOLDI, Philip resigneddirector
- 2021-10-08📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-10-08🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2021-06-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2021-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-22➖MCGREAL, Lawrence Edward resigneddirector
- 2021-03-16➖EVANS, Paul John resigneddirector
- 2019-04-11➕START, Russell James appointeddirector
- 2016-10-14➕EVANS, Paul John appointeddirector
- 2016-10-14➕MCGREAL, Lawrence Edward appointeddirector
- 2016-10-14🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Philip Pertoldi
- 2016-09-29🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2014-10-14➖GUILFORD, John Edward resigneddirector
- 2014-03-28➖CRAIG, Gillian Elizabeth resignedsecretary
- 2013-12-09➕CRAIG, Gillian Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2013-10-31➖FOREMAN, Michelle Elizabeth resignedsecretary
- 2011-05-05🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2011-01-04➕FOREMAN, Michelle Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2010-01-04➕FOREMAN, Michelle Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2010-01-04➖FOREMAN, Michelle Elizabeth resignedsecretary
- 2009-10-08➖BOWYER, Peter James resignedsecretary
- 2009-10-05➕PERTOLDI, Neil David appointeddirector
- 2008-12-09➕BOWYER, Peter James appointedsecretary
- 2008-12-09➖CHANDLER, Miles Jonathan Lewis resignedsecretary
- 2008-03-31➕CHANDLER, Miles Jonathan Lewis appointedsecretary
- 2008-03-31➖CROSTHWAITE, Robert Fothergill resignedsecretary
- 2008-03-31➖CROSTHWAITE, Robert Fothergill resigneddirector
- 2004-12-23🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1998-09-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
Showing most recent 50 of 61 events
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Agm Relocation Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Agm Relocation Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ABELS MOVING SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 03592000
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Agm Relocation Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 07/06/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Momentous Relocation Limitedceased 07/06/2022· 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.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-07-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103
Registered office
The Heights East
Cranborne Road
Potters Bar
EN6 3JN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25
Officers (5 active · 15 resigned)
COSTA-RISING, Mark→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2022-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DUGARD, Kirk, Mr.→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2022-02-01
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PERTOLDI, Neil David→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2009-10-05
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SAMPSON, Stephen Samuel→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2022-01-31
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START, Russell James→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2019-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOWYER, Peter James→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-12-09 · resigned 2009-10-08
CHANDLER, Miles Jonathan Lewis→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-03-31 · resigned 2008-12-09
CRAIG, Gillian Elizabeth→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2013-12-09 · resigned 2014-03-28
CROSTHWAITE, Robert Fothergill→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-09-24 · resigned 2008-03-31
FOREMAN, Michelle Elizabeth→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-01-04 · resigned 2013-10-31
FOREMAN, Michelle Elizabeth→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-01-04 · resigned 2010-01-04
POOLEY, Maureen→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-07-02 · resigned 1998-09-24
CROSTHWAITE, Robert Fothergill→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 1998-09-24 · resigned 2008-03-31
EVANS, Paul John→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 2016-10-14 · resigned 2021-03-16
GUILFORD, John Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 1998-09-24 · resigned 2014-10-14
HIBBERT, David Michael, Mr.→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2022-02-01 · resigned 2025-11-11
HODGSON, Craig Ian→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 1998-07-02 · resigned 1998-09-24
MCGREAL, Lawrence Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2016-10-14 · resigned 2021-04-22
PERTOLDI, Philip→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 1998-09-24 · resigned 2021-12-31
POOLEY, Maureen→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 1998-07-02 · resigned 1998-09-24
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Philip Pertoldi | A registered charge | — | 14/10/2016 | 08/10/2021 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 2 properties | 23/12/2004 | 05/05/2011 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 25/09/1998 | 29/09/2016 |
Recent filings (132 total)
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-02-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-07