GRAB & SHIFT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06030766 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-18
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£72.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £72,144

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£72k
↑ 65% YoY
Current Assets
£64k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£14k£29k£43k£58k£72kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£95.2k£102.5k
Current assets£64.2k£55.3k
Net assets£72.1k£43.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2023-02-10
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  6. 2022-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2021-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2020-02-28
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  9. 2019-03-21
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  10. 2018-03-02
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  11. 2017-03-06
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-02-25
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-05-22
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-01-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-05-24
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    TURNER, Bruce William resigned
    director
  17. 2011-05-24
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    TURNER, Richard Graeme resigned
    director
  18. 2006-12-18
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    Company incorporated
    As GRAB & SHIFT LIMITED
  19. 2006-12-18
    ➕
    LYNCH, Andrew Robert appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-12-18
    ➕
    EDGE, Colin appointed
    director
  21. 2006-12-18
    ➕
    LYNCH, Andrew Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2006-12-18
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    NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2006-12-18
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    NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2006-12-18
    ➕
    AVIS, Christine Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  25. 2006-12-18
    ➖
    AVIS, Christine Susan resigned
    nominee-director
  26. 2006-12-18
    ➕
    TURNER, Bruce William appointed
    director
  27. 2006-12-18
    ➕
    TURNER, Richard Graeme appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Colin Edge
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Robert Lynch
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
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
Incorporated2006-12-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

Barnston House
Beacon Lane
Heswall
Wirral
CH60 0EE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

LYNCH, Andrew Robert→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-18
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Active
EDGE, Colin→
director · ~65y · appointed 2006-12-18
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Active
LYNCH, Andrew Robert→
director · ~55y · appointed 2006-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-12-18 · resigned 2006-12-18
Resigned
AVIS, Christine Susan→
nominee-director · ~62y · appointed 2006-12-18 · resigned 2006-12-18
Resigned
TURNER, Bruce William→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-12-18 · resigned 2011-05-24
Resigned
TURNER, Richard Graeme→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-12-18 · resigned 2011-05-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-19