1ST MOVE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03468184 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-19
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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year to Nov 2024
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
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 50200SIC 50200
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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
13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 7 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
93 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£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees23002300

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-31
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    HARVEY, Michael Neil appointed
    director
  6. 2022-03-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-03-25
    ➕
    DROWER, Dawn appointed
    secretary
  8. 2022-03-25
    ➖
    FISHER, Joanne resigned
    secretary
  9. 2022-03-25
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  10. 2022-03-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2021-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-02-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-02-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-08-06
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2018-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-12-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2017-12-01
    ➕
    WHITE, Thomas David appointed
    director
  20. 2009-12-10
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, David John appointed
    director
  21. 2007-01-31
    ➖
    BOWDEN, Robert Stanley resigned
    director
  22. 2005-03-22
    ➖
    WHITE, Sadie Marie resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-03-17
    ➕
    FISHER, Joanne appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-03-17
    ➕
    BOWDEN, Robert Stanley appointed
    director
  25. 2000-05-16
    ➕
    LIMERICK, James appointed
    director
  26. 2000-05-16
    ➖
    MULLEN, Patrick resigned
    secretary
  27. 2000-05-16
    ➕
    WHITE, Sadie Marie appointed
    secretary
  28. 2000-05-16
    ➖
    JONES, Haydn John resigned
    director
  29. 1999-04-01
    ➕
    JONES, Haydn John appointed
    director
  30. 1999-04-01
    ➖
    SMITH, Stephen Richard resigned
    director
  31. 1997-11-19
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    Company incorporated
    As 1ST MOVE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  32. 1997-11-19
    ➕
    MULLEN, Patrick appointed
    secretary
  33. 1997-11-19
    ➕
    BLACKFRIAR SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1997-11-19
    ➖
    BLACKFRIAR SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1997-11-19
    ➕
    SMITH, Stephen Richard appointed
    director
  36. 1997-11-19
    ➕
    BLACKFRIAR DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  37. 1997-11-19
    ➖
    BLACKFRIAR DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jim Limerick
Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
50–75%
—50-75% shares14/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-11-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49420 — Removal services

Registered office

International House Worthy Road
Chittening Industrial Estate
Avonmouth Bristol
BS11 0YB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-05
Last: 2025-11-21

Officers (5 active · 8 resigned)

DROWER, Dawn→
secretary · appointed 2022-03-25
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Active
GRIFFITHS, David John→
director · ~48y · appointed 2009-12-10
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Active
HARVEY, Michael Neil→
director · ~48y · appointed 2022-03-31
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Active
LIMERICK, James→
director · ~70y · appointed 2000-05-16
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Active
WHITE, Thomas David→
director · ~41y · appointed 2017-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FISHER, Joanne→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-17 · resigned 2022-03-25
Resigned
MULLEN, Patrick→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-19 · resigned 2000-05-16
Resigned
WHITE, Sadie Marie→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-16 · resigned 2005-03-22
Resigned
BLACKFRIAR SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-11-19 · resigned 1997-11-19
Resigned
BOWDEN, Robert Stanley→
director · ~85y · appointed 2005-03-17 · resigned 2007-01-31
Resigned
JONES, Haydn John→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-04-01 · resigned 2000-05-16
Resigned
SMITH, Stephen Richard→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-11-19 · resigned 1999-04-01
Resigned
BLACKFRIAR DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-11-19 · resigned 1997-11-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-31
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-03-25
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-23