COMPLETE MOVE REMOVALS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04276998 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-28
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (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: 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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
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£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees4300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-04-13
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-05
    ➕
    COLLINS, Andrew John appointed
    director
  7. 2024-03-05
    ➕
    COLLINS, Mark Thomas appointed
    director
  8. 2024-03-05
    ➖
    COLLINS, John Forrester resigned
    secretary
  9. 2024-03-05
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2024-03-05
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-03-05
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-03-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-07-20
    ➖
    HEYWORTH, Christopher Price resigned
    director
  17. 2020-07-20
    ➖
    PENNY, Simon William resigned
    director
  18. 2020-07-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2020-07-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2020-07-20
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  21. 2020-07-20
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2020-07-20
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2020-04-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  24. 2020-01-10
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  25. 2005-09-01
    ➖
    PALAMOUNTAIN, Neil resigned
    director
  26. 2004-01-01
    ➖
    BOWYER, Richard resigned
    director
  27. 2001-08-30
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-08-30
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2001-08-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COMPLETE MOVE REMOVALS LIMITED
  30. 2001-08-28
    ➕
    COLLINS, Jeremy Russell appointed
    director
  31. 2001-08-28
    ➕
    COLLINS, John Forrester appointed
    director
  32. 2001-08-28
    ➕
    COLLINS, John Forrester appointed
    secretary
  33. 2001-08-28
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2001-08-28
    ➕
    BOWYER, Richard appointed
    director
  35. 2001-08-28
    ➕
    HEYWORTH, Christopher Price appointed
    director
  36. 2001-08-28
    ➕
    PALAMOUNTAIN, Neil appointed
    director
  37. 2001-08-28
    ➕
    PENNY, Simon William appointed
    director
  38. 2001-08-28
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 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

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — COLLINS, Andrew John (same surname) appointed 2024-03-05. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

Farrell Heyworth Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Farrell Heyworth Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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COMPLETE MOVE REMOVALS LIMITED
This company · 04276998

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
Farrell Heyworth Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares28/08/2016

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
Incorporated2001-08-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

The Pavillion
Church Street
Covell Cross
Lancaster
LA1 1EX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-07
Last: 2025-08-24

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

COLLINS, Andrew John→
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLINS, Jeremy Russell→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLINS, John Forrester→
director · ~72y · appointed 2001-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLINS, Mark Thomas→
director · ~41y · appointed 2024-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLINS, John Forrester→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-28 · resigned 2024-03-05
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-28 · resigned 2001-08-30
Resigned
BOWYER, Richard→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-08-28 · resigned 2004-01-01
Resigned
HEYWORTH, Christopher Price→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-08-28 · resigned 2020-07-20
Resigned
PALAMOUNTAIN, Neil→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-08-28 · resigned 2005-09-01
Resigned
PENNY, Simon William→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-08-28 · resigned 2020-07-20
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-28 · resigned 2001-08-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-21
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-03-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-31