ALEXIAN FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03496539 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-21
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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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  • • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  2. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-11
    ➕
    DAVIES, Philip appointed
    secretary
  6. 2022-08-11
    ➖
    BROWN, Alexander resigned
    secretary
  7. 2022-08-11
    ➖
    BROWN, Alexander resigned
    director
  8. 2022-08-11
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2022-08-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2022-08-11
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-08-11
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    officers · TM02
  12. 2022-08-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2022-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-01-18
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-12-01
    ➕
    CRAWFORD, Ian Payne appointed
    director
  20. 2013-10-31
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    CRAWFORD, Ian Payne resigned
    director
  21. 2013-04-01
    ➕
    DAVIES, Philip Steven appointed
    director
  22. 2001-04-02
    ➕
    BROWN, Alexander appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-04-02
    ➖
    CRAWFORD, Ian Payne resigned
    secretary
  24. 1998-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ALEXIAN FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED
  25. 1998-01-21
    ➕
    CRAWFORD, Ian Payne appointed
    secretary
  26. 1998-01-21
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1998-01-21
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-01-21
    ➕
    BROWN, Alexander appointed
    director
  29. 1998-01-21
    ➕
    CRAWFORD, Ian Payne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 Philip Steven Davies
Individual · British · DOB 10/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares11/08/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alex Brownceased 11/08/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1998-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Venta House 9a Port Road
Maesglas Retail Park
Newport
NP20 2NS
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

DAVIES, Philip→
secretary · appointed 2022-08-11
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Active
CRAWFORD, Ian Payne→
director · ~77y · appointed 2014-12-01
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Active
DAVIES, Philip Steven→
director · ~51y · appointed 2013-04-01
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Active
BROWN, Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-02 · resigned 2022-08-11
Resigned
CRAWFORD, Ian Payne→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-21 · resigned 2001-04-02
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-21 · resigned 1998-01-21
Resigned
BROWN, Alexander→
director · ~69y · appointed 1998-01-21 · resigned 2022-08-11
Resigned
CRAWFORD, Ian Payne→
director · ~77y · appointed 1998-01-21 · resigned 2013-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-08-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-08-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25