COMPASS COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LTD

🌳Matureactive

04691498 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-03-10

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 10.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£232.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49390

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.3y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 10.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

27 officers (4 active, 27 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

106 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £231,969

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£115k

Net Worth

£232k

Current Assets

£142k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£281.4k
Current assets	£141.9k
Cash	£115.0k
Debtors	£26.9k
Net assets	£232.0k

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

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3 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 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (69 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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2025-11-25
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officers · TM01
2025-11-21
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GALBRAITH, Ian Macadam, Councillor resigned
director
2024-09-26
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accounts · AA
2023-10-25
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accounts · AA
2023-07-04
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officers · TM01
2023-06-14
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LONSDALE, John Anthony resigned
director
2023-03-21
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LINDSEY, Alan resigned
director
2023-03-21
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MALLABURN, Joyce resigned
director
2023-03-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-07
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accounts · AA
2022-05-26
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officers · AP01
2022-05-24
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LONSDALE, John Anthony appointed
director
2021-12-13
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accounts · AA
2020-11-27
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officers · AP01
2020-11-03
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accounts · AA
2020-10-21
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MALLABURN, Joyce appointed
director
2019-12-17
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accounts · AA
2019-12-02
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officers · AP01
2019-11-27
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MOON, Geoffrey appointed
director
2018-11-23
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officers · TM01
2018-11-14
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STEEL, William John resigned
director
2018-08-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-08-21
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KERRY, June resigned
director
2018-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-15
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KERRY, Albert Edward resigned
director
2017-11-15
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LAWSON, Joseph, Councillor resigned
director
2017-02-01
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FENWICK, Michelle appointed
secretary
2017-02-01
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KERRY, June resigned
secretary
2017-02-01
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KERRY, Albert Edward appointed
director
2017-02-01
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KERRY, June appointed
director
2016-11-30
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INGSLESBY, Eibhlin resigned
director
2016-03-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2015-11-19
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CHRISTOPHER, Charles Edmund appointed
director
2014-04-30
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ROBINSON, William resigned
director
2012-12-06
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INGSLESBY, Eibhlin appointed
director
2012-12-06
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LINDSEY, Alan appointed
director
2012-12-06
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RAMANATHAS, Kunareswaradas resigned
director
2011-04-21
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SIMPSON, Ian Alexander resigned
director
2010-06-23
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TAYLOR, Alan resigned
director
2010-03-05
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MARSHALL, David resigned
director
2009-01-15
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KERRY, June appointed
secretary
2009-01-15
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STEEL, William John resigned
secretary
2009-01-15
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RAMANATHAS, Kunareswaradas appointed
director
2008-11-20
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TAYLOR, Alan appointed
director
2008-07-17
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LAWSON, Joseph, Councillor appointed
director
2008-04-17
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SLEIGHTHOLME, Derek resigned
director
2007-10-01
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ROBINSON, William resigned
secretary
2007-10-01
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STEEL, William John appointed
secretary

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Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2003-03-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

11-12 Sandmere Road

Leechmere Industrial Estate

Sunderland

Tyne And Wear

SR2 9TP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-24

Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (4 active · 23 resigned)

FENWICK, Michelle→

secretary · appointed 2017-02-01

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Active

CHRISTOPHER, Charles Edmund→

director · ~83y · appointed 2015-11-19

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Active

MOON, Geoffrey→

director · ~63y · appointed 2019-11-27

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Active

WOOD, Peter Robin→

director · ~83y · appointed 2004-02-18

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Active

KERRY, June→

secretary · appointed 2009-01-15 · resigned 2017-02-01

Resigned

ROBINSON, William→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-10 · resigned 2007-10-01

Resigned

STEEL, William John→

secretary · appointed 2007-10-01 · resigned 2009-01-15

Resigned

BOXALL, Terence Alan→

director · ~91y · appointed 2003-03-10 · resigned 2004-02-18

Resigned

CHILTON, Fred Wilson→

director · ~89y · appointed 2003-03-10 · resigned 2005-07-28

Resigned

GALBRAITH, Ian Macadam, Councillor→

director · ~82y · appointed 2006-05-17 · resigned 2025-11-21

Resigned

HALL, Alan→

director · ~66y · appointed 2004-12-05 · resigned 2006-06-22

Resigned

INGSLESBY, Eibhlin→

director · ~71y · appointed 2012-12-06 · resigned 2016-11-30

Resigned

KERRY, Albert Edward→

director · ~78y · appointed 2017-02-01 · resigned 2017-11-15

Resigned

KERRY, June→

director · ~65y · appointed 2017-02-01 · resigned 2018-08-21

Resigned

LAWSON, Joseph, Councillor→

director · ~76y · appointed 2008-07-17 · resigned 2017-11-15

Resigned

LINDSEY, Alan→

director · ~90y · appointed 2012-12-06 · resigned 2023-03-21

Resigned

LONSDALE, John Anthony→

director · ~71y · appointed 2022-05-24 · resigned 2023-06-14

Resigned

MALLABURN, Joyce→

director · ~83y · appointed 2020-10-21 · resigned 2023-03-21

Resigned

MARSHALL, David→

director · ~69y · appointed 2007-05-18 · resigned 2010-03-05

Resigned

MARSHALL, David→

director · ~69y · appointed 2003-03-10 · resigned 2005-07-28

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	16/03/2016	—

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Recent filings (106 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-10

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-11-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-10-25

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-07-04

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-03-21

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-03-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-01-07

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-05-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-12-13