ART MOVE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03950965 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-20
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
66 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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-05-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-05-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-04-27
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    ALLAWAY, Christopher James Hurst appointed
    director
  9. 2022-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2000-03-29
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    ALLAWAY, Ann Janina appointed
    secretary
  17. 2000-03-29
    ➕
    ALLAWAY, Malcolm Hurst appointed
    director
  18. 2000-03-29
    ➖
    BUSINESS ASSIST LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2000-03-29
    ➖
    NEWCO FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  20. 2000-03-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ART MOVE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  21. 2000-03-20
    ➕
    BUSINESS ASSIST LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2000-03-20
    ➕
    NEWCO FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ALLAWAY, Christopher James Hurst (same surname) appointed 2023-04-27. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher James Hurst Allaway
Individual · British · DOB 04/1983 · age 43
25–50%
—25-50% shares27/04/2023
Mr Malcolm Hurst Allaway
Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2000-03-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Unit 4,Court 1,Bedfont
Industrial Park,Challenge Road
Ashford
Middlesex
TW15 1AX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ALLAWAY, Ann Janina→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-29
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Active
ALLAWAY, Christopher James Hurst→
director · ~43y · appointed 2023-04-27
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Active
ALLAWAY, Malcolm Hurst→
director · ~78y · appointed 2000-03-29
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Active
BUSINESS ASSIST LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-03-20 · resigned 2000-03-29
Resigned
NEWCO FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2000-03-20 · resigned 2000-03-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07