A W MOBBS & CO LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07037680 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-11
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 16.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46719
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1300 | 1500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-08-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-08-01🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2024-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-19📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-05-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-04-27📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2023-04-26📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2023-03-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-03-23🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Ben Mobbs
- 2022-09-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-28➖MOBBS, Benjamin Leonard resigneddirector
- 2021-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-10-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2012-03-07🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2010-06-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2010-02-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2009-10-11🏢Company incorporatedAs A W MOBBS & CO LIMITED
- 2009-10-11➕MOBBS, Andrew William appointeddirector
- 2009-10-11➕MOBBS, Ronald Arthur appointeddirector
- 2009-10-11➕MOBBS, Benjamin Leonard appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
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
- +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 "MOBBS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ronald Arthur Mobbs Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78 | 75–100% | 25–50% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Andrew William Mobbs Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Benjamin Leonard Mobbsceased 23/03/2023· 25-50% voting
- Mr Andrew William Mobbsceased 08/10/2018· 25-50% voting
- Mr Benjamin Leonard Mobbsceased 08/10/2018· 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-10-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46719 — SIC 46719
Registered office
C/O Gravita Oxford Llp First Floor, Park Central
40/41 Park End Street
Oxford
OX1 1JD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
MOBBS, Andrew William→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2009-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MOBBS, Ronald Arthur→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2009-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MOBBS, Benjamin Leonard→
Resigneddirector · ~45y · appointed 2009-10-11 · resigned 2022-07-28
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Ben Mobbs | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/03/2023 | 01/08/2024 | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 07/03/2012 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 11/06/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 02/02/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (62 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-06-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-05-01
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-04-27
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-04-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24