AFP TRANSPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04189696 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-29

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£100.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £100,035

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£100k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£78k

↑ 53% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£102.5k	£95.9k
Current assets	£77.5k	£50.5k
Net assets	£100.0k	£89.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-11-24
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2024-12-02
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2023-12-18
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2022-12-09
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accounts · AA
2021-12-13
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accounts · AA
2021-02-18
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accounts · AA
2019-12-23
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accounts · AA
2019-03-19
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officers · CH01
2019-03-19
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officers · CH03
2019-03-19
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officers · CH01
2019-03-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-01-02
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accounts · AA
2018-04-10
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address · AD01
2018-01-04
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accounts · AA
2017-01-04
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accounts · AA
2003-11-27
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MOSS, Sally Marie appointed
secretary
2003-11-27
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DALY, Robert Edward resigned
secretary
2002-03-29
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MOSS, Sally Marie appointed
director
2002-03-29
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DALY, Robert Edward resigned
director
2001-03-29
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Company incorporated
As AFP TRANSPORT LIMITED
2001-03-29
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PARSONS, Alan Frederick appointed
director
2001-03-29
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DALY, Robert Edward appointed
secretary
2001-03-29
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DALY, Robert Edward appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
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

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Alan Frederick Parsons Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-03-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

140 Rayne Road

Braintree

Essex

CM7 2QR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-12

Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MOSS, Sally Marie→

secretary · appointed 2003-11-27

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Active

MOSS, Sally Marie→

director · ~61y · appointed 2002-03-29

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Active

PARSONS, Alan Frederick→

director · ~57y · appointed 2001-03-29

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Active

DALY, Robert Edward→

secretary · appointed 2001-03-29 · resigned 2003-11-27

Resigned

DALY, Robert Edward→

director · ~103y · appointed 2001-03-29 · resigned 2002-03-29

Resigned

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