BRIT EUROPEAN TRANSPORT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
00655937 · ltd · incorporated 1960-04-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 52290Other transportation support activities
  • 70100Activities of head offices
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 44.0y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 44.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
15 officers (2 active, 15 linked, 10 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
161 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Loss-making
Loss before tax £2,378
Slipped into loss
Moved from profit to loss this year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax£-2.4k£583.2k
Average employees2200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    HODGSON, Andrew Jonathan resigned
    director
  3. 2025-01-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2023-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-03-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2021-03-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2021-03-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-03-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2021-03-03
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  16. 2021-03-01
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    WARING, Tracey appointed
    secretary
  17. 2021-03-01
    ➖
    HODGSON, Andrew Jonathan resigned
    secretary
  18. 2021-03-01
    ➖
    CARMAN, Sally Jane resigned
    director
  19. 2021-03-01
    ➖
    CARMAN, William Roderick resigned
    director
  20. 2021-02-22
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  21. 2021-02-17
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  22. 2020-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2018-11-01
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    HODGSON, Andrew Jonathan appointed
    director
  25. 2017-05-18
    ➕
    HODGSON, Andrew Jonathan appointed
    secretary
  26. 2017-01-03
    ➖
    ATKINSON, Ian resigned
    secretary
  27. 2017-01-03
    ➖
    ATKINSON, Ian resigned
    director
  28. 2015-08-01
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    ATKINSON, Ian appointed
    secretary
  29. 2015-07-31
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    PARKER, Wendy Christine resigned
    secretary
  30. 2014-06-12
    ➕
    ATKINSON, Ian appointed
    director
  31. 2014-04-01
    ➕
    LACKEY, Graham David appointed
    director
  32. 2013-03-06
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    CARMAN, William Douglas Ronald resigned
    director
  33. 2010-11-03
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    CARMAN ELLIS, Nicola Jean resigned
    director
  34. 2010-11-03
    ➖
    LACKEY, Graham David resigned
    director
  35. 2010-06-07
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    LACKEY, Graham David appointed
    director
  36. 2010-06-04
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    Charge satisfied #7
  37. 2010-06-04
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    Charge satisfied #6
  38. 2010-06-04
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    Charge satisfied #5
  39. 2010-06-04
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    Charge satisfied #4
  40. 2010-06-04
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    Charge satisfied #3
  41. 2010-06-04
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    Charge satisfied #2
  42. 2009-09-07
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    CARMAN, Sally Jane appointed
    director
  43. 2009-09-07
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    CARMAN ELLIS, Nicola Jean appointed
    director
  44. 2006-04-25
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    CARMAN, Emily Jean resigned
    director
  45. 2006-01-24
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  46. 2005-12-29
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    CARMAN, Emily Jean resigned
    secretary
  47. 2005-12-29
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    PARKER, Wendy Christine appointed
    secretary
  48. 2005-09-26
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  49. 2004-12-21
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  50. 1999-10-19
    ➖
    HOYLE, Edward Andrew resigned
    director
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Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 66 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Ns Cheshire Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ns Cheshire Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BRIT EUROPEAN TRANSPORT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
This company · 00655937

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
Ns Cheshire Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/03/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Carman (Holdings) Limitedceased 01/03/2021· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1960-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Vita Nova Centre
Sanderson Way
Middlewich
Cheshire
CW10 0GU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-12
Last: 2025-12-29

Officers (2 active · 13 resigned)

WARING, Tracey→
secretary · appointed 2021-03-01
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Active
LACKEY, Graham David→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATKINSON, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2015-08-01 · resigned 2017-01-03
Resigned
CARMAN, Emily Jean→
secretary · resigned 2005-12-29
Resigned
HODGSON, Andrew Jonathan→
secretary · appointed 2017-05-18 · resigned 2021-03-01
Resigned
PARKER, Wendy Christine→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-29 · resigned 2015-07-31
Resigned
ATKINSON, Ian→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-06-12 · resigned 2017-01-03
Resigned
CARMAN, Emily Jean→
director · ~101y · resigned 2006-04-25
Resigned
CARMAN, Sally Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-09-07 · resigned 2021-03-01
Resigned
CARMAN, William Douglas Ronald→
director · ~102y · resigned 2013-03-06
Resigned
CARMAN, William Roderick→
director · ~69y · resigned 2021-03-01
Resigned
CARMAN ELLIS, Nicola Jean→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-09-07 · resigned 2010-11-03
Resigned
HODGSON, Andrew Jonathan→
director · ~62y · appointed 2018-11-01 · resigned 2025-01-30
Resigned
HOYLE, Edward Andrew→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-07-01 · resigned 1999-10-19
Resigned
LACKEY, Graham David→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-06-07 · resigned 2010-11-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

8
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property17/02/2021—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Deed of admission to an omnibus guarantee and set-off agreement dated 06 april 20001 property24/01/200604/06/2010
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
A deed of admission to an omnibus guarantee and set-off agreement (ogsa) dated 6TH april 20001 property26/09/200504/06/2010
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property21/12/200404/06/2010
satisfied
Close Brothers
Close Brothers Limited
A credit agreement1 property08/12/199204/06/2010
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Charge1 property02/08/198904/06/2010
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Debenture1 property10/12/198704/06/2010
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property09/07/1982—
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Recent filings (161 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-03-05