FULL MOTION ASSET FINANCE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC584507 · ltd · incorporated 2017-12-28
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£681
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). 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 (78/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red 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 £681
Net assets shrinking
Down £754 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£681
↓ 53% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£3k£5k£6k£8kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£8.0k£8.7k
Current assets£7.5k£7.6k
Net assets£681£1.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-28
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-09-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-16
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2020-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FULL MOTION ASSET FINANCE LIMITED
  11. 2017-12-28
    ➕
    KERR, Margaret appointed
    director
  12. 2017-12-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Margaret Kerr
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/12/2017
Mr John Wallace Kerr
Individual · British · DOB 11/1984 · age 42
25–50%
—25-50% shares28/12/2025

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
Incorporated2017-12-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77210 — Renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods

Registered office

18 Waverley Crescent
Cumbernauld
Glasgow
G67 4BG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KERR, Margaret→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-12-28
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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-06