ASC COURIERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04599339 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-25
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 53201
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees1100

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-09
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2023-02-08
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  7. 2023-01-31
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2022-12-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2021-12-29
    ➖
    CURRAN, Wilma resigned
    secretary
  10. 2021-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-11-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2009-08-19
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    CURRAN, Sabine resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-08-19
    ➕
    CURRAN, Wilma appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-08-19
    ➖
    CURRAN, Sabine resigned
    director
  20. 2002-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ASC COURIERS LIMITED
  21. 2002-11-25
    ➕
    CURRAN, Adrian Keith appointed
    director
  22. 2002-11-25
    ➕
    CURRAN, Sabine appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-11-25
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-11-25
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-11-25
    ➕
    CURRAN, Sabine appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Keith Curran
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control01/07/2016
Mrs Sabine Curran
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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

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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
Incorporated2002-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC53201 — SIC 53201

Registered office

Old Bank House
57 Church Street
Staines
Middlesex
TW18 4XS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

CURRAN, Adrian Keith→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CURRAN, Sabine→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-25 · resigned 2009-08-19
Resigned
CURRAN, Wilma→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-19 · resigned 2021-12-29
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-25 · resigned 2002-11-25
Resigned
CURRAN, Sabine→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-11-25 · resigned 2009-08-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-02-09
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-02-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-25