CLEATOR MOOR UPHOLSTERY SERVICES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11289573 · ltd · incorporated 2018-04-04
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees0200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-10
    ➖
    MURPHY, Paul James resigned
    director
  3. 2025-11-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-04-04
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    Company incorporated
    As CLEATOR MOOR UPHOLSTERY SERVICES LIMITED
  12. 2018-04-04
    ➕
    MURPHY, Anne Marie appointed
    director
  13. 2018-04-04
    ➕
    MURPHY, James appointed
    director
  14. 2018-04-04
    ➕
    MURPHY, Paul James appointed
    director
  15. 2018-04-04
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2018-04-04
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mrs Anne Marie Murphy
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/04/2018
Mr James Murphy
Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/04/2018

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
Incorporated2018-04-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC13990 — SIC 13990

Registered office

The Old Brewery
Birks Road
Cleator Moor
CA25 5JD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-17
Last: 2026-04-03

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MURPHY, Anne Marie→
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-04-04
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Active
MURPHY, James→
director · ~70y · appointed 2018-04-04
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Active
MURPHY, Paul James→
director · ~42y · appointed 2018-04-04 · resigned 2025-11-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-30