MOVEAUTO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC110902 · ltd · incorporated 1988-04-29
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 37.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£117.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 37.7y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 37.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
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
121 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £116,971

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£117k
Current Assets
£148k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£124.2k
Current assets£147.8k
Net assets£117.0k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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  2. 2026-03-13
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  3. 2025-12-18
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  4. 2025-02-11
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  6. 2024-12-09
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  7. 2023-08-18
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  8. 2023-02-27
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  9. 2022-03-21
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  10. 2022-03-07
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  11. 2021-12-07
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  12. 2021-03-30
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  13. 2020-09-23
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  14. 2020-09-23
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  15. 2019-08-21
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  16. 2019-07-24
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  17. 2019-07-23
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  18. 2012-08-09
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2011-09-22
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    Charge satisfied #5
  20. 2011-09-13
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    Charge satisfied #4
  21. 2010-05-17
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    WATT, Mary resigned
    secretary
  22. 2006-09-01
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    WATT, Stuart Alexader appointed
    director
  23. 2006-08-31
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    WATT, David resigned
    director
  24. 2000-11-01
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    WATT, David Murdoch appointed
    director
  25. 2000-06-07
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2000-05-09
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 2000-03-17
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    OXBY, Raymond resigned
    secretary
  28. 2000-03-17
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    WATT, Mary appointed
    secretary
  29. 2000-03-17
    ➖
    OXBY, Raymond resigned
    director
  30. 1997-08-01
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    OXBY, Dennis L resigned
    director
  31. 1997-06-24
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    OXBY, Dennis L appointed
    director
  32. 1996-06-10
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    Charge satisfied #3
  33. 1995-04-01
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    MATHIE, James resigned
    director
  34. 1994-04-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Mrs. Joan Dow
  35. 1994-03-10
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    Charge satisfied #1
  36. 1988-08-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  37. 1988-04-29
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    Company incorporated
    As MOVEAUTO LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Murdoch Watt
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2017
Mr Stuart Alexander Watt
Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-04-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Block 5 Unit 3
Moorfield Industrial Estate
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA2 0AG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

WATT, David Murdoch→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATT, Stuart Alexader→
director · ~50y · appointed 2006-09-01
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Active
OXBY, Raymond→
secretary · resigned 2000-03-17
Resigned
WATT, Mary→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-17 · resigned 2010-05-17
Resigned
MATHIE, James→
director · ~96y · resigned 1995-04-01
Resigned
OXBY, Dennis L→
director · ~71y · appointed 1997-06-24 · resigned 1997-08-01
Resigned
OXBY, Raymond→
director · ~96y · resigned 2000-03-17
Resigned
WATT, David→
director · ~82y · resigned 2006-08-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property09/08/2012—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property07/06/200022/09/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property09/05/200013/09/2011
satisfied
Mrs. Joan Dow
Standard security1 property20/04/199410/06/1996
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property02/08/198810/03/1994
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Recent filings (121 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-03-07