ANGUS MOVERS & STORERS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC592646 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-27
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-28
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2021-11-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-26
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2020-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-13
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2018-08-13
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-03-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANGUS MOVERS & STORERS LTD
  13. 2018-03-27
    WILKIE, Martyn Joseph appointed
    director
  14. 2018-03-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martyn Joseph Wilkie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1992 · age 34
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/03/2018

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Trade services · DD postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
A REID SUPPORT SERVICES LTD
SC622523 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
7y
ANGUS INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY
SC220447 · est 2001 · no financials extracted
24y
APOLLO QUALITY TRADESMAN LTD
SC852533 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ARBROATH NAILS & SPA LIMITED
SC877810 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
ARDECHIVE HYDRO LTD
SC516222 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
10y
ASHCO LOGISTICS SERVICES LTD
SC805504 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
2y
AT LANDSCAPING AND CONTRACTS LTD
SC818484 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
B & G HOLDINGS LIMITED
SC500037 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
11y
BALLINGALL PROPERTIES LIMITED
SC175212 · est 1997 · no financials extracted
28y
BALMACHIE LIMITED
SC204426 · est 2000 · no financials extracted
26y
BANDLEY STORE LTD
SC372792 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
16y
BAR STARS LTD
SC544136 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
9y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-03-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 23 Mathew Kerr Place
Arbroath
Angus
DD11 3AX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WILKIE, Martyn Joseph
director · ~34y · appointed 2018-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (20 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-08