ANY FREIGHT MOVEMENTS LTD

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07180303 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-05
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£301.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -56% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
42 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
Positive net assets
Net assets £301,398
Net assets shrinking
Down £193,766 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 56% YoY
Cash YoY
-56%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£55k
↓ 56% YoY
Net Worth
£301k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£421k
↑ 2.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£99k£198k£297k£396k£495kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£857.5k£1.29M
Current assets£421.2k£411.7k
Cash£54.6k£123.6k
Debtors£358.1k£255.5k
Net assets£301.4k£495.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-03-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-03-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-03-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-05-19
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2013-05-01
    ➕
    HORWOOD, Michael John appointed
    director
  18. 2011-09-02
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    HORWOOD, Michael John resigned
    director
  19. 2010-03-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ANY FREIGHT MOVEMENTS LTD
  20. 2010-03-05
    ➕
    HORWOOD, Sarah Jane appointed
    director
  21. 2010-03-05
    ➕
    HORWOOD, Michael John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 66. 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Ms Sarah Jane Horwood
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares27/03/2026
Mr Michael John Horwood
Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
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
Incorporated2010-03-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

Horwoods Yard
Forlease Drive
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 1UD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HORWOOD, Michael John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-05-01
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Active
HORWOOD, Sarah Jane→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HORWOOD, Michael John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-03-05 · resigned 2011-09-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26