A J MORAN LIMITED
Company number 03699627 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
A J Moran Limited presents a conservatively financed, cash-rich balance sheet — £1.31m cash, £1.49m net current assets, a 1.91 current ratio and negligible borrowings — built over nine years of steady reserve accumulation, with a clean statutory filing record. The principal risks are informational and structural rather than solvency-related: unaudited abridged accounts with no profit and loss disclosure, a £297,585 receivable from group undertakings representing 20% of net assets with undisclosed terms, ownership and board control concentrated in a single corporate parent, and a marked deceleration in reserve growth to 2.2% in FY2025 from 16.6% the prior year. On balance the company is assessed as MEDIUM risk — financially sound on the evidence available, but not investable at institutional standards until the missing earnings data, the group receivable and the invoice discounting arrangements are properly examined.
Shareholders' funds
£1,601,399
Balance sheet as at 2026-04-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1999-01-22
- Employees
- 12 (2026 accounts · was 13 in 2025)
- Registered office
- 11a Reading Road, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7LR
- Postcode
- RG8 7LR
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 9 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-04-30
- Next due by
- 2028-01-31
- Financial year end
- 30 April
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-22
- Next due by
- 2027-02-05
Nature of business (SIC)
- 43310 Plastering
- 43390 Other building completion and finishing
Officers 3 current · 6 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by ABBOTS 354 LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB224584 (Tier 1), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| PLANTSCENT LIMITED | 1999-03-23 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1 MITCHELL LANE, BRISTOL, BS1 6BU | 1999-04-01 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 49 similar companies in RG
2nd largest employer among its local peers (12 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1999.
Competitors Reading
This company ranks 1 among plastering in Reading.
The class of 1999
42%
of the 64,736 companies incorporated in 1999 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2022-05-11
- Where
- West Berkshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BK521493 | West Berkshire | Leasehold | 2022-05-11 | — |
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