ADVENTURES IN MOVEMENT AND BREATH LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04328080 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-23
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised design activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 93199Other sports activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (77/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 1 with DOB)
73
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 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 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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1 | 100 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-16📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-03-15➕HUTCHINSON, Nicholas James appointedsecretary
- 2023-03-15➖TOTAL TAX AND ACCOUNTS LTD resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2023-03-15📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-16📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-01➕TOTAL TAX AND ACCOUNTS LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2016-03-01➖TOTAL TAX: LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-02-22➖BEEKS, Joyce resignedsecretary
- 2010-02-22➕TOTAL TAX: LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2001-11-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVENTURES IN MOVEMENT AND BREATH LIMITED
- 2001-11-23➕CAWS, Graham James appointeddirector
- 2001-11-23➕BEEKS, Joyce appointedsecretary
- 2001-11-23➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-11-23➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-11-23➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-11-23➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Graham James Caws Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 23/11/2016 |
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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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
Incorporated2001-11-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities
Registered office
17 Glasshouse Studios
Fryern Court Road
Fordingbridge
Hampshire
SP6 1QX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
HUTCHINSON, Nicholas James→
Activesecretary · appointed 2023-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CAWS, Graham James→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2001-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BEEKS, Joyce→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-11-23 · resigned 2010-02-22
TOTAL TAX AND ACCOUNTS LTD→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2016-03-01 · resigned 2023-03-15
TOTAL TAX: LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2010-02-22 · resigned 2016-03-01
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-23 · resigned 2001-11-23
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-23 · resigned 2001-11-23
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (68 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-03-16
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-02-16