ACTION GLOBAL LOGISTICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03410518 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-28
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 26.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 51210
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 52242SIC 52242
  • 52243SIC 52243
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 26.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
93 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.

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 (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-07-02
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-14
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  9. 2022-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2021-09-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2020-11-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2020-10-28
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2020-10-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2020-08-28
    ➕
    BRADFORD, Daniel appointed
    director
  18. 2020-08-28
    ➖
    JOHNSTONE, Adrian Stuart resigned
    director
  19. 2020-07-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2020-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2016-04-26
    ➕
    BOWEN, Valerie Joan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2016-04-26
    ➖
    BOWEN, Terence Peter resigned
    secretary
  23. 1999-11-01
    ➖
    BUIST, Charles Edwin resigned
    director
  24. 1999-11-01
    ➖
    MURPHY, Peter resigned
    director
  25. 1999-06-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  26. 1997-08-08
    ➕
    BOWEN, Terence Peter appointed
    director
  27. 1997-08-08
    ➕
    BOWEN, Terence Peter appointed
    secretary
  28. 1997-08-08
    ➖
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1997-08-08
    ➕
    BUIST, Charles Edwin appointed
    director
  30. 1997-08-08
    ➕
    JOHNSTONE, Adrian Stuart appointed
    director
  31. 1997-08-08
    ➕
    MURPHY, Peter appointed
    director
  32. 1997-08-08
    ➖
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 1997-07-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTION GLOBAL LOGISTICS LIMITED
  34. 1997-07-28
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1997-07-28
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

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 66. 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 Daniel Bradford
Individual · British · DOB 10/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/08/2021
Mr Terence Peter Bowen
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Adrian Stuart Johnstoneceased 29/06/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1997-07-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC51210 — SIC 51210

Registered office

Unit 9 Langley Park
Waterside Drive
Langley
SL3 6AD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BOWEN, Valerie Joan→
secretary · appointed 2016-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOWEN, Terence Peter→
director · ~66y · appointed 1997-08-08
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Active
BRADFORD, Daniel→
director · ~51y · appointed 2020-08-28
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Active
BOWEN, Terence Peter→
secretary · appointed 1997-08-08 · resigned 2016-04-26
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-28 · resigned 1997-08-08
Resigned
BUIST, Charles Edwin→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-08-08 · resigned 1999-11-01
Resigned
JOHNSTONE, Adrian Stuart→
director · ~71y · appointed 1997-08-08 · resigned 2020-08-28
Resigned
MURPHY, Peter→
director · ~60y · appointed 1997-08-08 · resigned 1999-11-01
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-07-28 · resigned 1997-08-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Debenture1 property24/06/1999—
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Recent filings (93 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2022-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-09-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-02