GARY CATTON HAULAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03115129 · ltd · incorporated 1995-10-18
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 25.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.6y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · 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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees500500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-11-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  5. 2024-10-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2024-03-30
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  7. 2024-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2019-11-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2019-11-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2019-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-04-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-04-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2019-02-28
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Martin Christopher appointed
    director
  20. 2019-02-28
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Pamela appointed
    director
  21. 2019-02-28
    ➖
    CATTON, Linda Ruth resigned
    secretary
  22. 2019-02-28
    ➖
    CATTON, Linda Ruth resigned
    director
  23. 2019-02-28
    ➖
    EVANS, David Roger resigned
    director
  24. 2019-02-25
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  25. 2019-02-25
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 2012-03-16
    ➖
    CATTON, Gary resigned
    director
  27. 2012-03-16
    ➕
    CATTON, Linda Ruth appointed
    director
  28. 2010-11-03
    ➕
    EVANS, David Roger appointed
    director
  29. 2010-11-03
    ➖
    EVANS, David Roger resigned
    director
  30. 2004-11-30
    ➕
    EVANS, David Roger appointed
    director
  31. 2001-07-03
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  32. 2000-12-13
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Excel-a-Rate Business Services Limited
  33. 1995-10-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GARY CATTON HAULAGE LIMITED
  34. 1995-10-18
    ➕
    CATTON, Linda Ruth appointed
    secretary
  35. 1995-10-18
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1995-10-18
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 1995-10-18
    ➕
    CATTON, Gary appointed
    director
  38. 1995-10-18
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  39. 1995-10-18
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

M Roberts Haulage Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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M Roberts Haulage Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
⬇
GARY CATTON HAULAGE LIMITED
This company · 03115129

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
M Roberts Haulage Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/03/2019
Mr Martin Roberts
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/03/2019
Mrs Pamela Roberts
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/03/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Linda Ruth Cattonceased 01/03/2019· 75-100% shares

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

6 Hall Square
Denbigh
Denbighshire
LL16 3NU
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

ROBERTS, Martin Christopher→
director · ~60y · appointed 2019-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTS, Pamela→
director · ~61y · appointed 2019-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CATTON, Linda Ruth→
secretary · appointed 1995-10-18 · resigned 2019-02-28
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-10-18 · resigned 1995-10-18
Resigned
CATTON, Gary→
director · ~79y · appointed 1995-10-18 · resigned 2012-03-16
Resigned
CATTON, Linda Ruth→
director · ~56y · appointed 2012-03-16 · resigned 2019-02-28
Resigned
EVANS, David Roger→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-11-03 · resigned 2019-02-28
Resigned
EVANS, David Roger→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-11-30 · resigned 2010-11-03
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-10-18 · resigned 1995-10-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property03/07/200125/02/2019
satisfied
Excel-a-Rate Business Services
Excel-a-Rate Business Services Limited
Debenture1 property13/12/200025/02/2019

Recent filings (101 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-11-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-18
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-08