CAPPER-MOORE TRANSPORT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13645934 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-27
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£1.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: family or management succession (50/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £1,560
Cash YoY
+334%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↑ 334% YoY
Net Worth
£2k
↑ 2376% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 140% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£323£646£969£1k£2kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£1.6k£107
Current assets£1.6k£672
Cash£1.6k£372
Debtors£300
Net assets£1.6k£63

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
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-19
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-08-18
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  4. 2024-08-18
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2024-08-17
    CAPPER-MOORE, Joe appointed
    secretary
  6. 2024-08-17
    CAPPER-MOORE, Kathrine resigned
    secretary
  7. 2024-06-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAPPER-MOORE TRANSPORT LTD
  10. 2021-09-27
    CAPPER-MOORE, Ian Edward appointed
    director
  11. 2021-09-27
    CAPPER-MOORE, Joe appointed
    director
  12. 2021-09-27
    CAPPER-MOORE, Kathrine appointed
    secretary
  13. 2021-09-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

89/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CAPPER-MOORE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-30

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-08-19: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Joe Capper-Moore
Individual · British · DOB 05/2002 · age 24
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control27/09/2021
Mr Ian Edward Capper-Moore
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control27/09/2021

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
Incorporated2021-09-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Fields View Hall Lane
Haughton
Tarporley
Cheshire
CW6 9RH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

CAPPER-MOORE, Joe
secretary · appointed 2024-08-17
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Active
CAPPER-MOORE, Ian Edward
director · ~59y · appointed 2021-09-27
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Active
CAPPER-MOORE, Joe
director · ~24y · appointed 2021-09-27
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Active
CAPPER-MOORE, Kathrine
secretary · appointed 2021-09-27 · resigned 2024-08-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-08-19
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-08-18
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-09-27