A. R. HADDY & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00634697 · ltd · incorporated 1959-08-10
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.36M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,361,423
Cash YoY
-11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£550k
↓ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£2.4m
↑ 5.2% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£472k£945k£1.4m£1.9m£2.4mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Cash£549.7k£620.4k
Net assets£2.36M£2.24M

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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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-11
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2023-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-06
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-10-09
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2016-12-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2016-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-13
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    officers · AP03
  16. 2016-05-19
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    HADDY, Nicola Jane appointed
    secretary
  17. 2016-05-19
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    HADDY, Valerie Mildred resigned
    secretary
  18. 1999-11-29
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    HADDY, Richard George appointed
    director
  19. 1998-05-24
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    HADDY, Garfield Richard resigned
    director
  20. 1959-08-10
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    Company incorporated
    As A. R. HADDY & SON LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HADDY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 67 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

A. R. Haddy & Son Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A. R. Haddy & Son Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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A. R. HADDY & SON LIMITED
This company · 00634697

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
A. R. Haddy & Son Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1959-08-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Polmarkyn Farm
Trerulefoot
Saltash
Cornwall
PL12 5BG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last: 2025-11-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HADDY, Nicola Jane→
secretary · appointed 2016-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HADDY, George William→
director · ~80y
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Active
HADDY, Richard George→
director · ~55y · appointed 1999-11-29
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Active
HADDY, Valerie Mildred→
secretary · resigned 2016-05-19
Resigned
HADDY, Garfield Richard→
director · ~113y · resigned 1998-05-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (108 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-20