BEVAN TRANSPORT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04164055 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-20
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 21.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 21.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 2700 | 2000 |
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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-01-07📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-01-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-01-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-17📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-05-17📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-05-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-05-17📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-05-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-02-27📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-12-13📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2008-01-10➕BEVAN, Paul Quentin appointedsecretary
- 2007-09-15➖TERRETT, Tracey Joanne resignedsecretary
- 2007-09-15➖TERRETT, Tracey Joanne resigneddirector
- 2004-10-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2001-02-22➕BEVAN, Quentin Paul appointeddirector
- 2001-02-22➕TERRETT, Tracey Joanne appointedsecretary
- 2001-02-22➖TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-02-22➖TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-02-20🏢Company incorporatedAs BEVAN TRANSPORT LIMITED
- 2001-02-20➕BEVAN, Paul Quentin appointeddirector
- 2001-02-20➕TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-02-20➕TERRETT, Tracey Joanne appointeddirector
- 2001-02-20➕TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BEVAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Paul Quentin Bevan Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Quentin Paul Bevanceased 08/04/2024· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road
Registered office
Downfield Farm The Pry
Purton
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN5 4JP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
BEVAN, Paul Quentin→
Activesecretary · appointed 2008-01-10
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BEVAN, Paul Quentin→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2001-02-20
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BEVAN, Quentin Paul→
Activedirector · ~85y · appointed 2001-02-22
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TERRETT, Tracey Joanne→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-02-22 · resigned 2007-09-15
TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-20 · resigned 2001-02-22
TERRETT, Tracey Joanne→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2001-02-20 · resigned 2007-09-15
TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-02-20 · resigned 2001-02-22
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 18/10/2004 | — |
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Recent filings (86 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-01-07
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-01-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-03
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-05-17