ARK REMOVALS & STORAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06560259 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-09
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£359.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Removal services
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). 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, 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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £359,317
Net assets shrinking
Down £75,200 YoY
Cash YoY
-22%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£78k
↓ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£359k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£204k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£87k£174k£261k£348k£435kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£399.3k£475.0k
Current assets£204.1k£286.6k
Cash£77.7k£99.4k
Debtors£124.5k£185.4k
Net assets£359.3k£434.5k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-07
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-12-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-25
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  7. 2022-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-04-23
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-04-23
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-04-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-04-16
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-04-16
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  14. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2019-04-16
    ➕
    HARRIES, Samantha appointed
    director
  17. 2019-01-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-11-10
    ➕
    CROOK, Daniel appointed
    director
  19. 2008-04-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARK REMOVALS & STORAGE LIMITED
  20. 2008-04-09
    ➕
    CROOK, Jacqueline Mary appointed
    director
  21. 2008-04-09
    ➕
    CROOK, Michael Stephen appointed
    director
  22. 2008-04-09
    ➕
    Corporate Appointments Limited appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2008-04-09
    ➖
    Corporate Appointments Limited resigned
    corporate-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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Daniel Crook
Individual · British · DOB 05/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/10/2025
Jacqueline Mary Crook
Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Michael Stephen Crook
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
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
Incorporated2008-04-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49420 — Removal services

Registered office

Unit 6 Albemarle Road Trading Estate
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 1BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

CROOK, Daniel→
director · ~42y · appointed 2014-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROOK, Jacqueline Mary→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-04-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROOK, Michael Stephen→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-04-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRIES, Samantha→
director · ~39y · appointed 2019-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Corporate Appointments Limited→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-04-09 · resigned 2008-04-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-23