MOVE4WARD LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC587252 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-30
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.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£29.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £29,472
Cash YoY
+708%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↑ 708% YoY
Net Worth
£29k
↑ 130% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£12k£18k£24k£29kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Cash£3.8k£474
Net assets£29.5k£12.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-22
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  6. 2022-12-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-12-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-02-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2020-09-28
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    JONES, Hywel Andrew appointed
    director
  15. 2020-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-08-02
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    capital · SH01
  17. 2019-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-04-26
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  19. 2018-01-30
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    Company incorporated
    As MOVE4WARD LTD
  20. 2018-01-30
    ➕
    POWNEY, David John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 David John Powney
Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting30/01/2018

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
Incorporated2018-01-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

The South Church Clinic
Moray Street
Elgin
Moray
IV30 1JH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

JONES, Hywel Andrew→
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-09-28
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Active
POWNEY, David John→
director · ~56y · appointed 2018-01-30
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Active

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Recent filings (30 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2022-12-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-10