ACCOLADE LOGISTICS LTD
🌳Matureactive
03800818 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-05
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52211
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £3.51M |
| Current assets | — | £3.08M |
| Cash | — | £2.36M |
| Net assets | — | £386.0k |
| Average employees | 27 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-02-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-02-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-01-29➕BOWKER, Jodie-Leigh appointeddirector
- 2026-01-29➖BOWKER, Jodie-Leigh resigneddirector
- 2026-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-07-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-07➕BOWKER, Jodie-Leigh appointedsecretary
- 2003-03-31➕IRONFIELD, Stephen appointedsecretary
- 2003-03-31➖THOMPSON, Christine resignedsecretary
- 2002-10-31➕IRONFIELD, Stephen David appointeddirector
- 2001-07-05➕THOMPSON, Christine appointedsecretary
- 2001-07-05➖WORSWICK, Karen resignedsecretary
- 2001-07-05➖WORSWICK, Karen resigneddirector
- 1999-07-05🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCOLADE LOGISTICS LTD
- 1999-07-05➕BOWKER, Gary appointeddirector
- 1999-07-05➕WORSWICK, Karen appointedsecretary
- 1999-07-05➕WORSWICK, Karen appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 27 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 candidateStrong 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
G B & S I Property Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
G B & S I Property Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ACCOLADE LOGISTICS LTD
This company · 03800818
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
G B & S I Property Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 29/01/2026 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Bowker Developments Ltdceased 29/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest · firm interest
- Sdi Investments Ltdceased 29/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest · firm interest
- Mr Gary Bowkerceased 31/07/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Stephen David Ironfieldceased 31/07/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-07-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52211 — SIC 52211
Registered office
Atlas Works, Read Street
Clayton Le Moors
Accrington
Lancashire
BB5 5LL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05
Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)
BOWKER, Jodie-Leigh→
Activesecretary · appointed 2016-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
IRONFIELD, Stephen→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOWKER, Gary→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 1999-07-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
IRONFIELD, Stephen David→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2002-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THOMPSON, Christine→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-07-05 · resigned 2003-03-31
WORSWICK, Karen→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-07-05 · resigned 2001-07-05
BOWKER, Jodie-Leigh→
Resigneddirector · ~39y · appointed 2026-01-29 · resigned 2026-01-29
WORSWICK, Karen→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 1999-07-05 · resigned 2001-07-05
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Recent filings (94 total)
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05