BUSINESS MOVES GROUP LIMITED
Company number 04927047 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Business Moves Group occupies a stable mid-tier position in the UK commercial relocation sector, with a materially stronger balance sheet than most competitors but operating margins at the lower end of industry norms. The group's 2.9% operating margin and declining profitability despite modest revenue growth signal competitive pricing pressure and cost inflation challenges that are characteristic of mid-scale operators lacking dominant market positions. While the conservative capital structure and storage recurring revenue provide resilience, the aggressive dividend extraction of approximately 89% of profits – combined with revenue-per-employee deterioration – raises questions about the group's capacity to fund the strategic investments in systems and infrastructure that management identifies as essential for long-term competitiveness.
Shareholders' funds
£4,084,660
Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31
What it does
The principal activity of the group continued to be that of removals, transportation and storage services within the United Kingdom.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2003-10-09
- Employees
- 114 (2025 accounts · was 110 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 4 Acre Road, Reading, England, RG2 0SX
- Postcode
- RG2 0SX
- Capital
- 600,993 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2026-10-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70100 Activities of head offices
Officers 3 current · 9 resigned
Group structure 5 subsidiaries
Controlled by HARTLEY SAS LTD — since 2016-04-06
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BUSINESS MOVES (GLASGOW) LIMITED Dissolved
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CUBIC LIMITED Dissolved
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MELBRI HOLDINGS LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 3
£800,117,426 total awarded value where published.
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Contact details
- Website
- businessmoves.com
- Phone
- 07557160746, 01215591122, 07939282531
BMG are specialists in workplace change, change management, office relocation and storage. Move your business forward. Get in touch today.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FISEPA 199 LIMITED | 2003-10-28 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 4 ACRE ROAD, READING, BERKSHIRE RG2 0SX | 2004-02-26 |
| THE OLD CORONERS COURT, NO 1 LONDON STREET, READINGRE, BERKSHIRE RG1 4QW | 2003-12-22 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 210 similar companies in RG
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (114 staff).
Trading since 2003.
Competitors Reading
This company ranks 22 among activities of head offices in Reading.
The class of 2003
44%
of the 1,594 companies in this sector incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.