A2B COURIERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00516615 · ltd · incorporated 1953-02-28
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 42.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£57.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced Carrier
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 42.2y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 42.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £57,055
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,368 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£57k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£53k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£14k£29k£43k£58k£72kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£57.1k£74.6k
Current assets£52.9k£70.7k
Net assets£57.1k£72.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-29
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    HORTON, Eldon Mark resigned
    director
  7. 2023-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-11-30
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    HORTON, Toby Michael appointed
    director
  10. 2022-08-01
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2022-07-26
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Sme Invoice Finance Limited
  12. 2022-07-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2022-05-06
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    HORTON, Peter Eldon resigned
    director
  14. 2021-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  16. 2020-06-30
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    address · AD01
  17. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-08-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2017-07-31
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    HORTON, Valda Joan resigned
    secretary
  22. 2017-07-31
    ➖
    HORTON, Valda Joan resigned
    director
  23. 2014-01-31
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    YOUNG, Malcolm resigned
    director
  24. 2008-03-25
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    WOOD, Alan John resigned
    director
  25. 2002-01-01
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    YOUNG, Malcolm appointed
    director
  26. 1997-11-12
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    HORTON, Dale Michael appointed
    director
  27. 1984-03-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  28. 1984-02-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  29. 1953-02-28
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    Company incorporated
    As A2B COURIERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HORTON, Toby Michael (same surname) appointed 2022-11-30. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 73 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.)

Group structure

Veldonn (Holdings) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Veldonn (Holdings) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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A2B COURIERS LIMITED
This company · 00516615

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Veldonn (Holdings) Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/05/2025
Mr Dale Michael Horton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1953-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC53202 — Unlicenced Carrier

Registered office

46 Clensmore Street
Kidderminster
DY10 2JS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

HORTON, Dale Michael→
director · ~60y · appointed 1997-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HORTON, Toby Michael→
director · ~37y · appointed 2022-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HORTON, Valda Joan→
secretary · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned
HORTON, Eldon Mark→
director · ~63y · resigned 2024-01-29
Resigned
HORTON, Peter Eldon→
director · ~90y · resigned 2022-05-06
Resigned
HORTON, Valda Joan→
director · ~91y · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned
WOOD, Alan John→
director · ~87y · resigned 2008-03-25
Resigned
YOUNG, Malcolm→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-01-01 · resigned 2014-01-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Sme Invoice Finance
Sme Invoice Finance Limited
A registered charge1 property26/07/2022—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property15/03/1984—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property21/02/1984—
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Recent filings (98 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-14