AZTEK LOGISTICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04745312 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-25
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 17.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£12.76M
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (70/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.2y

60/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £913,455

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Turnover£12.76M
Gross profit£3.90M
Operating profit£765.7k
Profit before tax£913.5k
Average employees8900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  2. 2025-10-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-04
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-02-01
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2023-01-26
    ➖
    CHARTER, Helen resigned
    secretary
  8. 2022-10-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-10
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2020-03-10
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2019-11-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-09-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-09-09
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    Charge satisfied #5
  18. 2015-06-01
    🔒
    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2009-06-29
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  20. 2009-06-15
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  21. 2009-05-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 2003-04-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AZTEK LOGISTICS LIMITED
  23. 2003-04-25
    ➕
    CHARTER, Stuart William appointed
    director
  24. 2003-04-25
    ➕
    CHARTER, Helen appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-04-25
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-04-25
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-04-25
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2003-04-25
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Stuart William Charter
Individual · British · DOB 09/1977 · age 49
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Helen Charter
Individual · British · DOB 06/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated2003-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Aztek Logistics Ltd
Works Road
Letchworth Garden City
Hertfordshire
SG6 1JZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

CHARTER, Stuart William→
director · ~49y · appointed 2003-04-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHARTER, Helen→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2023-01-26
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2003-04-25
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2003-04-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property01/06/201509/09/2015
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Fixed & floating charge1 property29/06/2009—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property15/06/2009—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property08/05/2009—
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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-18
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-23