SOUTHERN COUNTIES TRUCK AND TRAILER PARTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02156811 · ltd · incorporated 1987-08-25
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£9.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45310
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
105 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
75
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 £9,714
Net assets shrinking
Down £19,748 YoY
Cash YoY
+19%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£166
↑ 19% YoY
Net Worth
£10k
↓ 67% YoY
Current Assets
£74k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£18k£36k£54k£72k£89kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£9.7k£31.6k
Current assets£73.7k£89.4k
Cash£166£140
Debtors£33.5k£49.3k
Net assets£9.7k£29.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-25
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  3. 2023-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-25
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2021-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-07-09
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-02-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  11. 2017-10-03
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2017-10-03
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2017-10-03
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2017-10-03
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2017-10-03
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2017-10-03
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    officers · TM02
  17. 2017-04-01
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    MIDDLETON, Peter appointed
    director
  18. 2017-04-01
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Brian Sydney appointed
    director
  19. 2017-04-01
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Ian Sydney appointed
    director
  20. 2017-03-31
    ➖
    SMITH, Vivienne Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  21. 2017-03-31
    ➖
    SMITH, Michael Stuart resigned
    director
  22. 2017-03-31
    ➖
    SMITH, Vivienne Elizabeth resigned
    director
  23. 2008-05-31
    ➖
    SMITH, Martin Ian resigned
    director
  24. 1997-07-01
    ➖
    RUSSELL, Brian Sydney resigned
    director
  25. 1997-07-01
    ➕
    SMITH, Vivienne Elizabeth appointed
    director
  26. 1987-08-25
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    Company incorporated
    As SOUTHERN COUNTIES TRUCK AND TRAILER PARTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

B.S. Russell (Commercials) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
B.S. Russell (Commercials) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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SOUTHERN COUNTIES TRUCK AND TRAILER PARTS LIMITED
This company · 02156811

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
B.S. Russell (Commercials) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/04/2017
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Michael Stuart Smithceased 31/03/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mrs Vivienne Elizabeth Smithceased 31/03/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated1987-08-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45310 — SIC 45310

Registered office

Unit 3,Detling Aerodrome,
Detling,
Maidstone,
Kent,
ME14 3HU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-02
Last: 2026-02-16

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

MIDDLETON, Peter→
director · ~72y · appointed 2017-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUSSELL, Brian Sydney→
director · ~80y · appointed 2017-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUSSELL, Ian Sydney→
director · ~53y · appointed 2017-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Vivienne Elizabeth→
secretary · resigned 2017-03-31
Resigned
RUSSELL, Brian Sydney→
director · ~80y · resigned 1997-07-01
Resigned
SMITH, Martin Ian→
director · ~73y · resigned 2008-05-31
Resigned
SMITH, Michael Stuart→
director · ~77y · resigned 2017-03-31
Resigned
SMITH, Vivienne Elizabeth→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-07-01 · resigned 2017-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (105 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-29