A D BOYES (IREBY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03893604 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-14
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 26.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
88 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees7700

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-06-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-03-14
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    WATTERS, Jack Thomas appointed
    director
  6. 2025-03-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-10-30
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2024-10-30
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2024-08-05
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    BOYES, Mark resigned
    director
  10. 2024-08-05
    ➖
    STEELE, Stephen resigned
    director
  11. 2024-08-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2024-08-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2024-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-02-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2016-04-01
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    WATTERS, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  22. 2016-04-01
    ➖
    BOYES, Jean resigned
    secretary
  23. 2015-07-09
    ➖
    BOYES, Barbara resigned
    director
  24. 2015-06-30
    ➖
    BOYES, Jean resigned
    director
  25. 2014-07-23
    ➖
    BOYES, Jean resigned
    director
  26. 2014-07-22
    ➕
    WATTERS, David appointed
    director
  27. 2014-07-22
    ➕
    BOYES, Mark appointed
    director
  28. 2014-07-22
    ➕
    STEELE, Stephen appointed
    director
  29. 2012-01-11
    ➕
    BOYES, Barbara appointed
    director
  30. 2012-01-11
    ➕
    BOYES, Jean appointed
    director
  31. 2012-01-11
    ➕
    BOYES, Jean appointed
    director
  32. 2011-11-30
    ➖
    BOYES, Robert William resigned
    director
  33. 2003-06-22
    ➖
    BOYES, Alexander Hewetson resigned
    director
  34. 2000-04-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  35. 1999-12-14
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    Company incorporated
    As A D BOYES (IREBY) LIMITED
  36. 1999-12-14
    ➕
    BOYES, Jean appointed
    secretary
  37. 1999-12-14
    ➕
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    nominee-secretary
  38. 1999-12-14
    ➖
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    nominee-secretary
  39. 1999-12-14
    ➕
    BOYES, Alexander Hewetson appointed
    director
  40. 1999-12-14
    ➕
    BOYES, Robert William appointed
    director
  41. 1999-12-14
    ➕
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  42. 1999-12-14
    ➖
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

21/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WATTERS, Jack Thomas (same surname) appointed 2025-03-14. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Gillian Watters
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting19/02/2025
Mrs Barbara Boyes
Individual · British · DOB 06/1942 · age 84
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Jean Boyesceased 19/02/2025· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-12-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Court Lea
Ireby
Wigton
CA7 1DS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

WATTERS, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2016-04-01
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Active
WATTERS, David→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-07-22
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Active
WATTERS, Jack Thomas→
director · ~29y · appointed 2025-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOYES, Jean→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-14 · resigned 2016-04-01
Resigned
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-14 · resigned 1999-12-14
Resigned
BOYES, Alexander Hewetson→
director · ~86y · appointed 1999-12-14 · resigned 2003-06-22
Resigned
BOYES, Barbara→
director · ~84y · appointed 2012-01-11 · resigned 2015-07-09
Resigned
BOYES, Jean→
director · ~88y · appointed 2012-01-11 · resigned 2014-07-23
Resigned
BOYES, Jean→
director · ~88y · appointed 2012-01-11 · resigned 2015-06-30
Resigned
BOYES, Mark→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-07-22 · resigned 2024-08-05
Resigned
BOYES, Robert William→
director · ~87y · appointed 1999-12-14 · resigned 2011-11-30
Resigned
STEELE, Stephen→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-07-22 · resigned 2024-08-05
Resigned
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-12-14 · resigned 1999-12-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property02/04/200030/10/2024

Recent filings (88 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-10-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-01