A. & S. TURNER (HAULAGE) LTD
🌳Matureactive
01015123 · ltd · incorporated 1971-06-21
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 33.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 33.1y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 33.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 100 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-09-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-18➖TURNER, Alan Gary resigneddirector
- 2024-07-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-09-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-04➕TURNER, Alan Gary appointeddirector
- 2017-08-25🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1993-06-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1971-06-21🏢Company incorporatedAs A. & S. TURNER (HAULAGE) LTD
Owner dependency
96/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "TURNER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 55 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Sandra Turner Individual · British · DOB 03/1945 · age 81 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Alan Turner Individual · British · DOB 02/1944 · age 82 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1971-06-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road
Registered office
3 Denton Gardens
Ackworth
Pontefract
WF7 7PA
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-13
Last: 2025-08-30
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
TURNER, Alan Gary→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2017-10-04 · resigned 2024-07-18
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Chattel mortgage | 1 property | 10/06/1993 | 25/08/2017 |
Recent filings (104 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-02