BCT FREIGHT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02882537 · ltd · incorporated 1993-12-21

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other transportation support activities

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). 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 18.6y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 18.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

104 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	—	£416.2k
Current assets	—	£491.6k
Cash	—	£103.1k
Debtors	—	£386.6k
Net assets	—	£415.8k
Average employees	500	—

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

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3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-05-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-08
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STEELE, Martin Henry resigned
director
2025-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-02
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-09-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-09-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-01
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COX, Lois Ruth appointed
secretary
2024-09-01
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COX, Andrew Dean appointed
director
2024-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-02-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-06-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-06-12
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-06-12
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-06-12
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2015-09-01
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STEELE, Martin Henry appointed
director
2007-12-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2005-08-02
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THOMAS, Carol Elisabeth appointed
secretary
2005-08-02
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THOMAS, Gordon William resigned
secretary
2003-04-03
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THOMAS, Carol Elisabeth appointed
director
2003-04-03
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STEELE, John Donald resigned
director
1994-03-31
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STEELE, John Donald appointed
director
1994-03-31
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THOMAS, Carol Elisabeth resigned
director
1993-12-21
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Company incorporated
As BCT FREIGHT LIMITED
1993-12-21
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THOMAS, Brian Hedley appointed
director
1993-12-21
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THOMAS, Gordon William appointed
secretary
1993-12-21
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-12-21
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-12-21
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THOMAS, Carol Elisabeth appointed
director

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

European Leisure Investment Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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European Leisure Investment Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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BCT FREIGHT LIMITED

This company · 02882537

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
European Leisure Investment Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	23/08/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Brian Hedley Thomasceased 23/08/2024· 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

Incorporated1993-12-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities

Registered office

4 Cedar Park

Cobham Road, Ferndown

Industrial Est, Wimborne

Dorset

BH21 7SF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-14

Last: 2025-11-30