B. & G. TRANSPORT (DUDLEY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01408298 · ltd · incorporated 1979-01-10
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 39.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£425.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 56). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 39.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 39.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
113 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £425,237
Net assets shrinking
Down £67,040 YoY
Cash YoY
+178%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£75k
↑ 178% YoY
Net Worth
£425k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£122k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£98k£197k£295k£394k£492kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£495.5k£599.6k
Current assets£121.9k£176.0k
Cash£75.0k£27.0k
Debtors£46.6k£148.7k
Net assets£425.2k£492.3k

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

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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 (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-10-24
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  3. 2023-10-02
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  4. 2022-09-12
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  5. 2021-10-12
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-08-08
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    BROOKES, Joanne appointed
    secretary
  8. 2019-08-08
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    BROOKES, Janet Ann resigned
    secretary
  9. 2019-08-08
    ➖
    BROOKES, Janet Ann resigned
    director
  10. 2019-08-08
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  11. 2019-08-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2019-08-08
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  13. 2019-08-08
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  14. 2019-08-08
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  15. 2019-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-04-13
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-02-15
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    mortgage · MR04
  18. 2018-02-15
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2018-02-15
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2018-02-15
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2017-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2010-01-02
    ➖
    BROOKES, Thomas Michael resigned
    director
  23. 2004-09-12
    ➖
    WALL, Gwendoline resigned
    director
  24. 2004-06-07
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  25. 1997-06-01
    ➕
    BROOKES, Jason appointed
    director
  26. 1997-06-01
    ➕
    BROOKES, Joanne appointed
    director
  27. 1997-01-31
    ➕
    BROOKES, Janet Ann appointed
    director
  28. 1994-02-03
    ➖
    WALL, William Richard resigned
    director
  29. 1988-12-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  30. 1986-09-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  31. 1979-01-10
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    Company incorporated
    As B. & G. TRANSPORT (DUDLEY) LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 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.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jason Brookes
Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control08/08/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Janet Ann Brookesceased 08/08/2019· significant influence

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

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6 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
Incorporated1979-01-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

19-21 Garratt Street
Brierley Hill
West Midlands
DY5 1JU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BROOKES, Joanne→
secretary · appointed 2019-08-08
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Active
BROOKES, Jason→
director · ~54y · appointed 1997-06-01
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Active
BROOKES, Joanne→
director · ~56y · appointed 1997-06-01
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Active
BROOKES, Janet Ann→
secretary · resigned 2019-08-08
Resigned
BROOKES, Janet Ann→
director · ~78y · appointed 1997-01-31 · resigned 2019-08-08
Resigned
BROOKES, Thomas Michael→
director · ~82y · resigned 2010-01-02
Resigned
WALL, Gwendoline→
director · ~101y · resigned 2004-09-12
Resigned
WALL, William Richard→
director · ~104y · resigned 1994-02-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property07/06/2004—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Chattel mortgage1 property12/12/198815/02/2018
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property19/09/198615/02/2018
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Recent filings (113 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-08-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-08-08