CARLETON CAB CO. LTD

🌳Matureactive

04853550 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-01

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

£20.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49320

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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

59 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £20,662

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£21k

↑ 5.9% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↑ 38% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£20.7k	£19.5k
Current assets	£2.7k	£1.9k
Net assets	£20.7k	£19.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-04-02
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2023-05-31
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2022-06-30
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2020-06-22
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2019-06-24
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2018-06-12
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2017-06-09
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2016-05-08
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2015-08-10
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2015-04-16
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2014-08-09
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2003-08-15
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SMITH, Patricia Susan appointed
secretary
2003-08-15
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SMITH, Patricia Susan appointed
director
2003-08-15
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SMITH, Peter Geoffrey appointed
director
2003-08-01
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Company incorporated
As CARLETON CAB CO. LTD
2003-08-01
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2003-08-01
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Geoffrey Smith Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/08/2016

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

Incorporated2003-08-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

128 Arundel Drive,, Carleton,

Poulton-Le-Fylde,

Lancashire

FY6 7TR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-12

Last: 2025-07-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SMITH, Patricia Susan→

secretary · appointed 2003-08-15

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Active

SMITH, Patricia Susan→

director · ~69y · appointed 2003-08-15

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Active

SMITH, Peter Geoffrey→

director · ~73y · appointed 2003-08-15

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-01 · resigned 2003-08-01

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-01 · resigned 2003-08-01

Resigned

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