About Us

About Armishaws

Kensington Palace to Kent Cottages

We’re proud of the fact we help move all homes great and small, from key personnel at Kensington Palace to country cottages and everything in between. We’ve relocated glass manufactures, artisan craft makers, helped families make big moves overseas and provide overnight (or long-term) storage for tricky relocations. Whatever your removal requirements, we have the experience and expertise to not only give you a swift relocation but also help take away the stress often associated with moving house.

Environmental Pledge

Armishaws are market leaders in providing greener removals. We’re committed to reducing the environmental impact of every move, to be innovators within the removals industry and lead the way in providing greener relocations. This isn’t merely ‘commercial lip-service’, we’re taking a long term view to offering more sustainable services.

• We’re planting over 2,000 trees (and counting!) to offset carbon emissions and create new, long-term habitat for wildlife.
• All our drivers undergo Eco Driver Training to reduce fuel use.
• We use recycled and recyclable materials for every move.
• We only use acid-free wrapping paper.
• No plastic bubble wrap here! Our soft-packaging is recycled and recyclable.
• We also offer a free box recycling service. We’ll collect and reuse your boxes (if possible) or ensure your boxes are recycled.
• Our vehicles are specially fitted to reduce emissions and we’re aiming to commit to emission-free vehicles in the future.
• We use biodegradable mattress bags.

Read more about our environmental pledge…

Tried & Trusted

As members of the British Association of Removers we adhere to the highest standards of customer care, financial protection and a conciliation service in the unlikely event of anything going wrong. Any house move comes with its own worries and pressures, our tried and trusted services are covered by a wide range of accreditation;

• Member of the British Association of Removers
• Member of the Road Haulage Association
• BS EN 14873 – Storage of Furniture & Personal Effects
• BS EN 12522 – Household Furniture Removers
• ISO 9001 – Quality Management Systems
• BS 8564 – Furniture Removal Activities Overseas Moving Services
• ISO 14001 – Environmental Management Systems
• ISO 45001 – Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems
• BS EN 15713 – Secure Destruction of Confidential Materials

The Armishaws Group

Armishaws have grown, our group of family-run removals companies now extends across the UK and includes;

Health & Safety

Armishaws Removals is committed to the health, safety and welfare of its employees. Armishaws Removals we also work hard to ensure third parties are not exposed to health and safety risks when they come into contact with our company or the products we use.

Armishaws Removals is committed to: –

• Providing and maintaining safe and healthy working conditions
• Providing training and instruction to enable employees to perform their work safely and efficiently.
• Providing and maintaining safe equipment and safe procedures at work.
• Consulting with employees on health and safety arrangements.
• Providing risk assessments covering the company’s work activities.
• Providing assessments detailing the safe storage, handling and disposal of hazardous substances, (COSHH).

We continually monitor the way we operate to ensure we minimise the health and safety risk to our employees and clients, ensuring that we provide a safe working environment for everyone.

Forms Of Payment

Armishaws accept the following forms of payment:

• Cheque – please allow enough time for cheques to clear
• Bank transfer
• Debit cards
• Credit cards (subject to handle charge imposed by credit card company)

Meet the Team

Lloyd Armishaw – Director & Founder

Lloyd established The Armishaws Group in 1973. The original ‘man with a van’, the professional, customer focused service he set out to provide has become the cornerstone of the company as we’ve grown. As Director Lloyd Armishaw is still heavily involved in every aspect of the company.

Head Office Team

Pat Carter – General Manager
Joined the team 1998

Pat has over 40 years’ experience (man and boy) in European and UK removals. Helping removals in some of Britain’s grandest houses, there’s nothing in the world of removals that Pat hasn’t seen or dealt with before. He’s the font of all relocation knowledge.

Strange Pat Fact
Away from work, Pat can be found growing prize winning veg and flowers, or shouting at men with funny shaped balls (he’s a huge Exeter Chiefs rugby fan).

David Armishaw – Director
Joined the team 2002

David joined the family business at the age of 12, helping out at our depots. School holidays were often spent on the road with our crews, learning from the drivers and porters and dodging his homework. Today there’s no aspect of removals David hasn’t worked in.

Strange David Fact
A serial inventor who is very (too?) enthusiastic about power tools. Two things not to do with David, let him build something in your garden, leave him alone with hydrogen.

Chris Lewis – Group Sales Manager
Joined the team in 2005

Chris previously spent “A lifetime in newspapers” becoming National Sales Manager of The Daily Express and Sunday Express among others. He once rode a horse from St Pauls to Somerset over 10 days to raise money for charity and to enjoy the coaching inns along the way!

Strange Chris Fact
Chris once visited a client who informed him, he never made a decision without consulting his trees and insisted Chris join him. For the next 20 minutes Chris stood in the garden, hugging a 200-year-old oak, while the gentleman stood on the other side, asking the tree for advice.

Paul Seton – Chief Mechanic
Joined the team in 2012

Paul has been working with commercial vehicles since 1968. As we often like to tell him, he remembers engines when they were in black and white! One of life’s great problem solvers, if it has wheels and an engine, Paul and his team can fix it.

Strange Paul Fact
A keen caravan enthusiast, when he’s not getting vehicles moving, he’s slowing them down. Yes, Paul’s that guy in front of you, holding up traffic on the A303.

Berni Battley – Accounts Manager
Joined the team in 2013

Berni worked in the steel industry for over 25 years, her CV says she was Credit Controller, we think she was probably carrying girders single handed, you don’t mess with our Berni! Today she manages the Armishaws accounts with frightening efficiency and a deceptively strong grip.

Strange Berni Fact
While she might appear the type that takes no prisoners, and you certainly don’t want her chasing you, Berni’s actually a real softie (just don’t tell her we said so).

Craig Douglas – Sales Estimator
Joined the team in 2018

In the world of removals, if Craig doesn’t know it, it ain’t worth knowing. As well as having helped hundreds of customers during his time with The Armishaws Group, he previously owned his own removals company. Covering London and the home counties, Craig’s our man with a removal plan.

Strange Craig Fact
Craig’s recently become a grandparent for the first time. His life’s all funny faces, little accidents, strange smells… Then, he goes to see visit grandchild.

Kye Harman – Marketing Manager
Joined the team in 2020

A stranger in a strange land, Kye isn’t originally from Somerset or the South West, he doesn’t even like pasties! Kye joined our team at the height of the Covid pandemic, bringing his creative skills and some frankly appalling shirts with him.

Strange Kye Fact
Before getting a ‘proper job’, Kye was a singer/actor who travelled the world and appeared in movies and TV shows such as Silent Witness, Prime Suspect and Eastenders ‘doof, doof, doof, doo-doo-d-d-d-doof!’

Paul Wright – Sales Estimator
Joined the team in 2021

An incredible eye for detail and uncanny knack for being able to guess the volume of a room at a single glance. It’s a shame Paul’s special awareness isn’t so good on the golf course, he’d spend more time putting and less time searching the rough and cursing his five iron.

Strange Paul Fact
Paul nearly drowned during his honeymoon. At the time his new bride was absolutely beside herself at the thought of losing him. Now, after years of being married to him, not so much.

John Lyons – Assistant Transport Manager
Joined the team in 2022

John’s been moving and shaking in transport and removals for over 30 years. Away from Armishaws, he’s a keen angler and can often be found bothering fish. Why he doesn’t go to the chip shop like a normal person is anyone’s guess?!?

Strange John Fact
As a youth John was pretty handy in the ring and boxed for the county. Today, John has the dancing feet of Anne Widdicombe and punching power of… Anne Widdicombe.

Richard Barr – Web Developer
Joined the team in 2023

A true ‘local lad’, Richard grew up just a stone’s throw from our head office, where he could often be found, throwing stones. A digital nomad and king of our online universe, he’s revolutionised our websites and our entire network.

Strange Richard Fact
After creating and selling his own digital company, Rich travelled the world like an A-lister, until he was shot at by locals in Columbia and booked a hasty flight back to Blighty (true story).

Neil Spanswick – Sales Negotiator
Joined the team in 2023

Neil has worked in sales for a number of years, priding himself on outstanding customer service, he has been a fantastic addition to our team. Fit of mind and body, he’s a distance runner and has done the London Marathon.

Strange Neil Fact
Neil has marathons and cycled across the northern coast of France, all to raise money for charity. He’s also enjoys birdwatching and listening to heavy metal. Presumably not at the same time.

Ruth Flak – Removal Coordinator
Joined the team in 2024

As a mum of 5, Ruth is absolutely unflappable. A truly safe pair of hands for all her clients, she takes multi-tasking to a whole new level. On the rare occasions she does get time to relax, Ruth enjoys, cooking, baking and ‘romantasy’ novels.

Strange Ruth Fact
Ruth’s a qualified netball coach, so when she’s not running around after her own kids, she’s running around after other people’s children, teaching them the finer points of the game.