CANNON HIRE HAULAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03113607 · ltd · incorporated 1995-10-13

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

91 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Average employees	300	300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-06-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-22
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-22
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-22
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-10
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CANNON, Josephine Margaret resigned
director
2023-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-07
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CANNON, Martyn John appointed
director
2023-02-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
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move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2020-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-24
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CANNON, Martyn John resigned
director
2020-03-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
1995-10-13
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Company incorporated
As CANNON HIRE HAULAGE LIMITED
1995-10-13
➕
CANNON, Tracey Mary appointed
secretary
1995-10-13
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CANNON, John Joseph appointed
director
1995-10-13
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CANNON, Tracey Mary appointed
director
1995-10-13
➕
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-10-13
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-10-13
➕
CANNON, Josephine Margaret appointed
director
1995-10-13
➕
CANNON, Martyn John appointed
director
1995-10-13
➕
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1995-10-13
➖
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1995-10-13
➕
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1995-10-13
➖
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CANNON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+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

90/100

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Joseph Cannon Individual · British · DOB 04/1944 · age 82	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	23/12/2024
Miss Tracey Mary Cannon Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	23/12/2024
Mr Martyn John Cannon Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	23/12/2024

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

Incorporated1995-10-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Crosscroft Industrial Estate

Appleby In Westmorland

Cumbria

CA16 6HX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-27

Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

CANNON, Tracey Mary→

secretary · appointed 1995-10-13

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Active

CANNON, John Joseph→

director · ~82y · appointed 1995-10-13

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Active

CANNON, Martyn John→

director · ~58y · appointed 2023-02-07

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Active

CANNON, Tracey Mary→

director · ~57y · appointed 1995-10-13

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Active

COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-10-13 · resigned 1995-10-13

Resigned

CANNON, Josephine Margaret→

director · ~79y · appointed 1995-10-13 · resigned 2023-10-10

Resigned

CANNON, Martyn John→

director · ~58y · appointed 1995-10-13 · resigned 2020-04-24

Resigned

COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-10-13 · resigned 1995-10-13

Resigned

COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-10-13 · resigned 1995-10-13

Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-06-01

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-23

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-10-22

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-10-22

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-10-22

withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement

persons-with-significant-control · PSC09

2025-10-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-02-16

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-30

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-10-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-02-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-02-07

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-02-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-13