MOVES 4 U LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC300068 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-31
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Removal services
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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£323£646£970£1k£2kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£4.8k
Current assets—£1.6k
Net assets—£593
Average employees200—

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
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-03-31
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    ROSS, Armando resigned
    secretary
  17. 2006-03-31
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    Company incorporated
    As MOVES 4 U LTD
  18. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    ROSS, Armando appointed
    director
  19. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    WARD, Alison appointed
    director
  20. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    ROSS, Armando appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2006-03-31
    ➖
    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2006-03-31
    ➖
    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Armando Ross
Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-03-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49420 — Removal services

Registered office

Workspace 1 Suite 5, Clyde Workshops Fullarton Road
Glasgow East Investment Park
Glasgow
G32 8YL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ROSS, Armando→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-03-31
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Active
WARD, Alison→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROSS, Armando→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2012-03-31
Resigned
HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-03-31
Resigned
HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05