A I W TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04094745 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-23
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
14 officers (1 active, 14 linked, 8 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
92 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-04-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-04-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-04-01
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    DONAGHY, Patrick Joseph resigned
    director
  8. 2023-03-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-03-01
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    LEONARD, Oliver appointed
    director
  10. 2023-01-17
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2023-01-10
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2022-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-09-08
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  14. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-11-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-11-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2020-11-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2020-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-09-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2020-09-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2020-09-01
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    DONAGHY, Patrick Joseph appointed
    director
  22. 2020-09-01
    ➖
    PELAEZ, Joanne resigned
    director
  23. 2018-08-20
    ➖
    FREETH, Robert James resigned
    director
  24. 2018-08-20
    ➕
    PELAEZ, Joanne appointed
    director
  25. 2017-10-11
    ➖
    DONAGHY, Patrick Joseph resigned
    director
  26. 2017-10-01
    ➕
    FREETH, Robert James appointed
    director
  27. 2014-02-01
    ➖
    LUKE, Christopher Rabindran resigned
    secretary
  28. 2008-10-14
    ➕
    LUKE, Christopher Rabindran appointed
    secretary
  29. 2008-10-14
    ➕
    DONAGHY, Patrick Joseph appointed
    director
  30. 2008-10-09
    ➖
    DONAGHY, Patrick Joseph resigned
    secretary
  31. 2006-01-02
    ➖
    DONAGHY, Tara resigned
    secretary
  32. 2006-01-02
    ➖
    DONAGHY, Tara resigned
    director
  33. 2005-12-12
    ➕
    DONAGHY, Patrick Joseph appointed
    secretary
  34. 2004-09-30
    ➖
    DONAGHY, Patrick Joseph resigned
    director
  35. 2004-07-22
    ➕
    DONAGHY, Katherine Tara appointed
    director
  36. 2004-07-22
    ➖
    DONAGHY, Katherine Tara resigned
    director
  37. 2001-11-05
    ➕
    DONAGHY, Tara appointed
    secretary
  38. 2001-10-20
    ➖
    DONAGHY, Bronagh resigned
    secretary
  39. 2001-06-01
    ➕
    DONAGHY, Patrick Joseph appointed
    director
  40. 2000-10-23
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    Company incorporated
    As A I W TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED
  41. 2000-10-23
    ➕
    DONAGHY, Bronagh appointed
    secretary
  42. 2000-10-23
    ➕
    ACE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  43. 2000-10-23
    ➖
    ACE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  44. 2000-10-23
    ➕
    DONAGHY, Tara appointed
    director
  45. 2000-10-23
    ➕
    ACE REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  46. 2000-10-23
    ➖
    ACE REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Oliver Leonard
Individual · Irish · DOB 05/1968 · age 58
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/03/2023
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Patrick Joseph Donaghyceased 30/03/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Patrick Donaghyceased 02/11/2020· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Patrick Joseph Donaghyceased 23/10/2017· significant influence

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

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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

4 Riverside Avenue West
Lawford
Manningtree
CO11 1UN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-18
Last: 2026-04-04

Officers (1 active · 13 resigned)

LEONARD, Oliver→
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DONAGHY, Bronagh→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-23 · resigned 2001-10-20
Resigned
DONAGHY, Patrick Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-12 · resigned 2008-10-09
Resigned
DONAGHY, Tara→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-05 · resigned 2006-01-02
Resigned
LUKE, Christopher Rabindran→
secretary · appointed 2008-10-14 · resigned 2014-02-01
Resigned
ACE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-10-23 · resigned 2000-10-23
Resigned
DONAGHY, Katherine Tara→
director · ~51y · appointed 2004-07-22 · resigned 2004-07-22
Resigned
DONAGHY, Patrick Joseph→
director · ~82y · appointed 2020-09-01 · resigned 2023-04-01
Resigned
DONAGHY, Patrick Joseph→
director · ~82y · appointed 2008-10-14 · resigned 2017-10-11
Resigned
DONAGHY, Patrick Joseph→
director · ~82y · appointed 2001-06-01 · resigned 2004-09-30
Resigned
DONAGHY, Tara→
director · ~51y · appointed 2000-10-23 · resigned 2006-01-02
Resigned
FREETH, Robert James→
director · ~67y · appointed 2017-10-01 · resigned 2018-08-20
Resigned
PELAEZ, Joanne→
director · ~45y · appointed 2018-08-20 · resigned 2020-09-01
Resigned
ACE REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2000-10-23 · resigned 2000-10-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (92 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-09
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-26