ACKROYD TRANSPORT LTD

🌳Matureactive

04577157 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-30

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

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

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 with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Average employees	600	600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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2024-03-26
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2023-01-05
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2022-06-24
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2020-12-24
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2020-01-24
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2019-07-19
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2018-03-21
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2017-06-30
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2016-06-30
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2015-11-13
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2015-05-08
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2014-11-05
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2014-07-15
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2002-10-30
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Company incorporated
As ACKROYD TRANSPORT LTD
2002-10-30
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ACKROYD, Teresa Jane appointed
secretary
2002-10-30
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ACKROYD, Steven David appointed
director
2002-10-30
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ACKROYD, Teresa Jane appointed
director
2002-10-30
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-30
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-30
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-10-30
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100

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

+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 "ACKROYD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Steven David Ackroyd Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	01/10/2016

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

Incorporated2002-10-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Unit 6 Longhedge Lane Industrial Estate

Longhedge Lane Bottesford

Nottingham

NG13 0BF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-13

Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ACKROYD, Teresa Jane→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-30

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Active

ACKROYD, Steven David→

director · ~62y · appointed 2002-10-30

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Active

ACKROYD, Teresa Jane→

director · ~63y · appointed 2002-10-30

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Active

LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-30 · resigned 2002-10-30

Resigned

LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-30 · resigned 2002-10-30

Resigned

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