A & J MUIR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04620781 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-18
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-13.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £13,673
Cash YoY
+1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£692
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£14k
↑ 59% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 92% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£33k-£21k-£9k£3k£15k£27kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-9.3k£-21.5k
Current assets£2.2k£26.8k
Cash£692£686
Debtors£1.5k£26.1k
Net assets£-13.7k£-33.1k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-04-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-04-24
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-12-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-12-18
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    Company incorporated
    As A & J MUIR LIMITED
  17. 2002-12-18
    ➕
    MUIR, Julie Anne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-12-18
    ➕
    MUIR, Andrew David appointed
    director
  19. 2002-12-18
    ➕
    MUIR, Julie Anne appointed
    director
  20. 2002-12-18
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-12-18
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-12-18
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-12-18
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MUIR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Andrew David Muir
Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Julie Anne Muir
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-12-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

113 Goshawk Drive
Chelmsford
CM2 8XP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MUIR, Julie Anne→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUIR, Andrew David→
director · ~54y · appointed 2002-12-18
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Active
MUIR, Julie Anne→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-18 · resigned 2002-12-18
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-18 · resigned 2002-12-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-24
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-29