A C MORSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04587461 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-12

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 22.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 52219

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.5y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 22.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

83 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Average employees	3200

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 mortgage

Last 180 days

filings

• 12 officers
• 3 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2026-05-01
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-04-30
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FERGUSON, Carolyn resigned
secretary
2026-04-23
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-22
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC (As Security Agent (as Defined in the Instrument Uploaded with This Filing))
2026-02-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-17
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officers · AP01
2026-02-12
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CLARK, Paul David appointed
director
2026-02-02
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ASHTON, Matthew Thomas appointed
director
2026-02-02
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BELL, Gordon appointed
director
2026-02-02
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BENSTEAD, Andrew appointed
director
2026-02-02
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FILLINGHAM, Stuart Matthew appointed
director
2026-02-02
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GILLIGAN, Benjamin Thomas resigned
director
2025-12-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-12-03
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address · AD01
2025-12-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-03
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-12-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-03
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officers · AP01
2025-11-28
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DEAN, Martin Richard appointed
director
2025-11-28
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FERGUSON, Carolyn appointed
secretary
2025-11-28
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GILLIGAN, Benjamin Thomas appointed
director
2025-11-28
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MORSE, Andrew Charles resigned
director
2025-11-28
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MORSE, Diane Elizabeth resigned
director
2025-11-14
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-11-14
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Charge satisfied #2
2025-11-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-11
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-11
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-11-11
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Charge satisfied #1
2025-04-07
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accounts · AA
2013-03-22
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MORSE, Diane Elizabeth appointed
director
2009-11-14
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BONE, Julie Marie resigned
secretary
2007-05-04
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2003-12-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2003-03-19
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-19
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-11-12
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Company incorporated
As A C MORSE LIMITED
2002-11-12
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BONE, Julie Marie appointed
secretary
2002-11-12
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-11-12
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MORSE, Andrew Charles appointed
director
2002-11-12
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

2 med ·

4 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: FERGUSON, Carolyn resigned 2026-04-30; GILLIGAN, Benjamin Thomas resigned 2026-02-02; MORSE, Andrew Charles resigned 2025-11-28

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

East Yorkshire Motor Services Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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East Yorkshire Motor Services Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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A C MORSE LIMITED

This company · 04587461

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
East Yorkshire Motor Services Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	28/11/2025

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Diane Morseceased 28/11/2025· 25-50% shares
Mr Andrew Charles Morseceased 28/11/2025· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2002-11-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC52219 — SIC 52219

Registered office

Second Floor 55 Degrees North

Pilgrim Street

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE1 6BL

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-15

Last: 2026-02-01