MOVING ESTATE AGENTS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC431470 · ltd · incorporated 2012-08-29
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Real estate agencies
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-30
Average employees1

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-05-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-07-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2021-07-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2021-07-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2021-07-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-07-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-07-05
    MURPHY, Gerald appointed
    director
  14. 2021-07-05
    CHISHOLM, Lynn resigned
    director
  15. 2021-07-05
    THOMSON, Christine resigned
    director
  16. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2012-08-29
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    Company incorporated
    As MOVING ESTATE AGENTS LTD
  21. 2012-08-29
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2012-08-29
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2012-08-29
    CHISHOLM, Lynn appointed
    director
  24. 2012-08-29
    MCMEEKIN, James Stuart appointed
    director
  25. 2012-08-29
    MCMEEKIN, James Stuart resigned
    director
  26. 2012-08-29
    THOMSON, Christine appointed
    director
  27. 2012-08-29
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2012-08-29
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Moving Estate Agents Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Moving Estate Agents Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
MOVING ESTATE AGENTS LTD
This company · SC431470

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Moving Estate Agents Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/07/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ms Lynn Chisholmceased 05/07/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Ms Christine Thomsonceased 05/07/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 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
Incorporated2012-08-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

6th Floor
Gordon Chambers 90 Mitchell Street
Glasgow
G1 3NQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

MURPHY, Gerald
director · ~70y · appointed 2021-07-05
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Active
COSEC LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-08-29 · resigned 2012-08-29
Resigned
CHISHOLM, Lynn
director · ~65y · appointed 2012-08-29 · resigned 2021-07-05
Resigned
MCMEEKIN, James Stuart
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-08-29 · resigned 2012-08-29
Resigned
THOMSON, Christine
director · ~71y · appointed 2012-08-29 · resigned 2021-07-05
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2012-08-29 · resigned 2012-08-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-07-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-07-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-07