ACTION DELIVERY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03144500 · ltd · incorporated 1996-01-10
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
15 officers (4 active, 15 linked, 9 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees161500

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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  2. 2024-10-25
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  3. 2023-09-26
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  4. 2022-11-30
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  5. 2022-02-04
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  10. 2022-02-03
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  11. 2021-10-19
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  12. 2020-09-07
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  13. 2019-12-23
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  16. 2018-12-11
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  17. 2018-12-04
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    DILLON, Katie Emma appointed
    director
  18. 2018-12-04
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    DILLON, Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2017-08-12
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    DILLON, June Patricia resigned
    director
  20. 2016-10-31
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    DILLON, Gerald Thomas resigned
    director
  21. 2008-07-30
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    CANNON, John resigned
    director
  22. 2004-05-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Services Limited
  23. 2002-05-03
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    DILLON, Shirley Jane appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-05-03
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    DILLON, June Patricia resigned
    secretary
  25. 1998-10-01
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    CANNON, John appointed
    director
  26. 1997-06-30
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    DILLON, June Patricia appointed
    secretary
  27. 1997-06-14
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    DILLON, Philip Johnathon resigned
    director
  28. 1997-06-14
    ➖
    WEST, Tina Michelle resigned
    director
  29. 1997-05-31
    ➖
    WEST, Tina Michelle resigned
    secretary
  30. 1997-02-13
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    TIMMIS, Wendy Shirley resigned
    secretary
  31. 1997-02-13
    ➖
    TIMMIS, Wendy Shirley resigned
    director
  32. 1997-01-01
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    DILLON, Andrew Michael appointed
    director
  33. 1997-01-01
    ➕
    WEST, Tina Michelle appointed
    secretary
  34. 1997-01-01
    ➕
    DILLON, June Patricia appointed
    director
  35. 1997-01-01
    ➕
    DILLON, Philip Johnathon appointed
    director
  36. 1997-01-01
    ➕
    WEST, Tina Michelle appointed
    director
  37. 1996-01-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTION DELIVERY SERVICES LIMITED
  38. 1996-01-10
    ➕
    TIMMIS, Wendy Shirley appointed
    secretary
  39. 1996-01-10
    ➕
    FNCS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1996-01-10
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    FNCS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 1996-01-10
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    DILLON, Gerald Thomas appointed
    director
  42. 1996-01-10
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    TIMMIS, Wendy Shirley appointed
    director
  43. 1996-01-10
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    FNCS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  44. 1996-01-10
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    FNCS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Michael Dillon
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/10/2016

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
Incorporated1996-01-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Unit 9 Innovation Way Industrial Park
Innovation Way
Tunstall
Staffordshire
ST6 4FA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (4 active · 11 resigned)

DILLON, Shirley Jane→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-03
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Active
DILLON, Andrew Michael→
director · ~67y · appointed 1997-01-01
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Active
DILLON, Katie Emma→
director · ~46y · appointed 2018-12-04
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Active
DILLON, Michael→
director · ~44y · appointed 2018-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DILLON, June Patricia→
secretary · appointed 1997-06-30 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned
TIMMIS, Wendy Shirley→
secretary · appointed 1996-01-10 · resigned 1997-02-13
Resigned
WEST, Tina Michelle→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-01 · resigned 1997-05-31
Resigned
FNCS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-01-10 · resigned 1996-01-10
Resigned
CANNON, John→
director · ~89y · appointed 1998-10-01 · resigned 2008-07-30
Resigned
DILLON, Gerald Thomas→
director · ~94y · appointed 1996-01-10 · resigned 2016-10-31
Resigned
DILLON, June Patricia→
director · ~91y · appointed 1997-01-01 · resigned 2017-08-12
Resigned
DILLON, Philip Johnathon→
director · ~61y · appointed 1997-01-01 · resigned 1997-06-14
Resigned
TIMMIS, Wendy Shirley→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-01-10 · resigned 1997-02-13
Resigned
WEST, Tina Michelle→
director · ~52y · appointed 1997-01-01 · resigned 1997-06-14
Resigned
FNCS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-01-10 · resigned 1996-01-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Services Limited
Fixed and floating charge1 property26/05/2004—
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Recent filings (101 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
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accounts · AA
2025-09-15
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2024-10-25
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2024-01-12
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accounts · AA
2023-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
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