ACUMEN AUTOMOTIVE LOGISTICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03979963 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-26

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 25.2y

45/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 25.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (6 active, 17 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

110 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £4,870,534

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Profit before tax	£4.87M	£4.26M
Average employees	118	9100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (59 events)Click to expand

2025-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-09-05
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-09-05
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Charge satisfied #4
2025-09-05
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Charge satisfied #3
2025-04-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-07
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WALKER, Nicholas Guy Eades appointed
director
2024-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-17
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2024-04-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-11
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-09
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
2024-03-23
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-03-21
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2023-11-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-04-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-19
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officers · AP01
2023-04-14
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WARING, Ruth resigned
director
2023-04-04
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ASHRAF, Naiem appointed
director
2022-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-03-04
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DOUGHTY, Joanna Marie appointed
secretary
2021-03-04
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OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2021-02-26
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HODGES, John resigned
director
2020-08-11
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WARING, Ruth appointed
director
2019-08-22
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DOUGHTY, Joanna Marie appointed
director
2019-07-17
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RAYBOULD, Peter Charles resigned
director
2017-10-01
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BROWN, Steven appointed
director
2010-02-24
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2009-10-08
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DOUGHTY, Christopher Charles Clifford appointed
director
2009-10-08
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RAYBOULD, Peter Charles appointed
director
2009-06-15
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DAFFRON, Malcolm Edward resigned
secretary
2009-06-15
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OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-06-15
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DAFFRON, Louise resigned
director
2009-06-15
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DAFFRON, Malcolm Edward resigned
director
2009-06-15
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HODGES, John appointed
director
2009-04-09
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Charge satisfied #2
2009-04-09
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Charge satisfied #1
2008-06-10
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2007-06-18
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DAFFRON, Malcolm Edward appointed
director
2006-12-21
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2001-03-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2000-07-19
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CHAVDA, Anil resigned
secretary
2000-07-19
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DAFFRON, Malcolm Edward appointed
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 59 events

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

43/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Acumen Logistics Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Acumen Logistics Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ACUMEN AUTOMOTIVE LOGISTICS LIMITED

This company · 03979963

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
Acumen Logistics Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2017

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.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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

Incorporated2000-04-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Acumen House Park Circle

Tithe Barn Way

Swan Valley

Northampton

NN4 9BH

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-10

Last: 2026-04-26