ALL ABOUT TRUCKS (GEOFF SIPSON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03331015 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-10
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 29.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£65.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 29.2y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
86 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £65,691

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£66k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£13k£26k£39k£53k£66kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£65.7k£65.7k
Debtors£65.7k£65.7k
Net assets£65.7k£65.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2025-03-31
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  3. 2024-03-28
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  4. 2023-05-19
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  5. 2022-03-03
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  6. 2021-04-30
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  7. 2021-03-23
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  8. 2021-03-23
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  13. 2020-06-29
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  17. 2020-05-05
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  18. 2019-03-29
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  19. 2011-05-03
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  20. 2004-05-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 1997-04-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  22. 1997-03-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ALL ABOUT TRUCKS (GEOFF SIPSON) LIMITED
  23. 1997-03-10
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    SIPSON, Paula Louise appointed
    secretary
  24. 1997-03-10
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    SIPSON, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  25. 1997-03-10
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    SIPSON, Paula Louise appointed
    director
  26. 1997-03-10
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1997-03-10
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  28. 1997-03-10
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1997-03-10
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SIPSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 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

86/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Geoffrey Sipson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Paula Louise Sipson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Bayton Road Industrial Estate
Exhall
Coventry
Warwickshire
CV7 9NW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SIPSON, Paula Louise→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-10
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Active
SIPSON, Geoffrey→
director · ~67y · appointed 1997-03-10
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Active
SIPSON, Paula Louise→
director · ~61y · appointed 1997-03-10
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-10 · resigned 1997-03-10
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-03-10 · resigned 1997-03-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property03/05/2011—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property28/05/2004—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property15/04/1997—
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Recent filings (86 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-22