A W FOLKES HAULAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04629430 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-07
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
£232.2k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 87). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £232,248
Net assets shrinking
Down £18,541 YoY
Cash YoY
+83%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£22k
↑ 83% YoY
Net Worth
£232k
↓ 7.4% YoY
Current Assets
£135k
↓ 8.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£50k£100k£150k£201k£251kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£232.2k£250.8k
Current assets£134.9k£147.3k
Cash£22.4k£12.3k
Debtors£112.5k£135.0k
Net assets£232.2k£250.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-02
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  2. 2024-12-05
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  3. 2023-12-14
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  4. 2022-12-02
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  5. 2021-11-04
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  6. 2020-10-31
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  7. 2019-08-29
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  8. 2018-11-21
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  9. 2017-12-18
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  10. 2016-11-10
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  11. 2016-01-07
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  12. 2015-12-04
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  13. 2015-01-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-01-09
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2014-11-25
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  16. 2004-10-12
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    LEE, Mandy appointed
    secretary
  17. 2004-10-12
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    FOLKES, Arnold William appointed
    director
  18. 2004-10-12
    ➖
    FOLKES, Alexandra Axeliena resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-10-12
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    FOLKES, Alexandra Axeliena resigned
    director
  20. 2003-01-07
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    Company incorporated
    As A W FOLKES HAULAGE LIMITED
  21. 2003-01-07
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    FOLKES, Shane appointed
    director
  22. 2003-01-07
    ➕
    FOLKES, Alexandra Axeliena appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-01-07
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-01-07
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-01-07
    ➕
    FOLKES, Alexandra Axeliena appointed
    director
  26. 2003-01-07
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2003-01-07
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "FOLKES" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Shane Folkes
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-01-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

2 School Cottages
Toad Row Henstead
Beccles
Suffolk
NR34 7LG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-19
Last: 2026-01-05

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

LEE, Mandy→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-12
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Active
FOLKES, Arnold William→
director · ~87y · appointed 2004-10-12
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Active
FOLKES, Shane→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-01-07
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Active
FOLKES, Alexandra Axeliena→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-07 · resigned 2004-10-12
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-07 · resigned 2003-01-07
Resigned
FOLKES, Alexandra Axeliena→
director · ~57y · appointed 2003-01-07 · resigned 2004-10-12
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-07 · resigned 2003-01-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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2026-01-12
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2025-10-02
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2025-01-05
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accounts · AA
2024-12-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
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accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
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accounts · AA
2021-11-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05
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accounts · AA
2020-10-31
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2020-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-08-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-11