71A LOCOMOTIVES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03570494 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-27
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£26.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49100
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 49200SIC 49200
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £26,672
Cash YoY
+63%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£45k
↑ 63% YoY
Net Worth
£27k
↑ 46% YoY
Current Assets
£57k
↑ 56% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£11k£23k£34k£45k£57kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£33.1k£18.2k
Current assets£56.8k£36.5k
Cash£45.0k£27.5k
Debtors£11.9k£8.9k
Net assets£26.7k£18.2k

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.

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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 (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-08-21
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    BENNETT, Daniel John appointed
    director
  7. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2018-04-09
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    BLANDFORD, David resigned
    director
  14. 2018-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-08-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2016-08-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2016-08-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2011-04-01
    ➖
    WRIGHT, Sharon resigned
    director
  20. 2009-11-01
    ➖
    JONES, Paul Richard resigned
    secretary
  21. 2000-10-14
    ➕
    COX, James Paul Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2000-10-14
    ➕
    JAMES, Timothy appointed
    director
  23. 1998-05-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 71A LOCOMOTIVES LIMITED
  24. 1998-05-27
    ➕
    DENTON, Brian appointed
    director
  25. 1998-05-27
    ➕
    BHARDWAJ, Ashok appointed
    nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-05-27
    ➖
    BHARDWAJ, Ashok resigned
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1998-05-27
    ➕
    JONES, Paul Richard appointed
    secretary
  28. 1998-05-27
    ➕
    BLANDFORD, David appointed
    director
  29. 1998-05-27
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Sharon appointed
    director
  30. 1998-05-27
    ➕
    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1998-05-27
    ➖
    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-05-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49100 — SIC 49100

Registered office

11 Andover Road North
Winchester
SO22 6NN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-10
Last: 2025-05-27

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

BENNETT, Daniel John→
director · ~41y · appointed 2022-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COX, James Paul Paul→
director · ~55y · appointed 2000-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DENTON, Brian→
director · ~74y · appointed 1998-05-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JAMES, Timothy→
director · ~58y · appointed 2000-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BHARDWAJ, Ashok→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-05-27 · resigned 1998-05-27
Resigned
JONES, Paul Richard→
secretary · appointed 1998-05-27 · resigned 2009-11-01
Resigned
BLANDFORD, David→
director · ~58y · appointed 1998-05-27 · resigned 2018-04-09
Resigned
WRIGHT, Sharon→
director · ~56y · appointed 1998-05-27 · resigned 2011-04-01
Resigned
BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-05-27 · resigned 1998-05-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-12-14