CURTIS MOORE GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC226322 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-17
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74990Non-trading company
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 11.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2026-04-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  3. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-02-27
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
  5. 2024-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-17
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2024-07-17
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    Charge satisfied #2
  8. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-04-30
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    MCGHEE, Edward Douglas appointed
    director
  14. 2019-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-12-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2014-11-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  20. 2014-09-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  21. 2001-12-17
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    Company incorporated
    As CURTIS MOORE GROUP LIMITED
  22. 2001-12-17
    ➕
    DEVLIN, Yvonne Mary appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-12-17
    ➕
    DEVLIN, Andrew Hugh appointed
    director
  24. 2001-12-17
    ➕
    DEVLIN, Yvonne Mary appointed
    director
  25. 2001-12-17
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-12-17
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-12-17
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2001-12-17
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
Mr Andrew Hugh Devlin
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mrs Yvonne Mary Devlin
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2001-12-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

3 Queensberry Avenue
Hillington Park
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G52 4NL

Filing status

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

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

DEVLIN, Yvonne Mary→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEVLIN, Andrew Hugh→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEVLIN, Yvonne Mary→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGHEE, Edward Douglas→
director · ~71y · appointed 2020-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-17 · resigned 2001-12-17
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-17 · resigned 2001-12-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
A registered charge2 properties06/11/201417/07/2024
satisfied
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
A registered charge—30/09/201416/04/2026

Recent filings (69 total)

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-10-01
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-11-12