COMMERCIAL RELOCATION SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

07564089 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-15

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

£15.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Removal services

Sector: Transportation & storage

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

39 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £15,576

Net assets shrinking

Down £5,322 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 56% YoY

Cash YoY

-56%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£10k

↓ 56% YoY

Net Worth

£16k

↓ 25% YoY

Current Assets

£23k

↓ 26% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Total assets	£16.2k	£21.8k
Current assets	£22.5k	£30.6k
Cash	£10.1k	£22.8k
Debtors	£12.4k	£7.7k
Net assets	£15.6k	£20.9k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-05-29
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2025-08-19
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accounts · AA
2024-07-16
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accounts · AA
2023-09-26
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2022-06-22
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accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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accounts · AA
2020-08-07
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2019-12-16
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2018-12-28
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2018-01-22
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accounts · AA
2016-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-05
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annual-return · AR01
2015-10-03
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accounts · AA
2015-04-09
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annual-return · AR01
2014-12-05
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accounts · AA
2011-03-15
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Company incorporated
As COMMERCIAL RELOCATION SERVICES LIMITED
2011-03-15
➕
CALDWELL, Paula Margaret appointed
secretary
2011-03-15
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CALDWELL, Jonathan William appointed
director
2011-03-15
➕
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-03-15
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-03-15
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COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur appointed
director
2011-03-15
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COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur resigned
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Johnathan William Caldwell Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2011-03-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49420 — Removal services

Registered office

Whitakers

5/7 Berry Road

Newquay

Cornwall

TR7 1AD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-29

Last: 2026-03-15

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CALDWELL, Paula Margaret→

secretary · appointed 2011-03-15

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Active

CALDWELL, Jonathan William→

director · ~72y · appointed 2011-03-15

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Active

LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-03-15 · resigned 2011-03-15

Resigned

COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur→

director · ~82y · appointed 2011-03-15 · resigned 2011-03-15

Resigned

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