A.J. CHAMPION & SONS (HAULAGE) LTD

🌳Matureactive
04957581 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-07
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
63 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees131100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-10-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-08
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  8. 2023-12-08
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2023-12-08
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-04-24
    ➖
    CHAMPION, Anthony John resigned
    director
  17. 2010-01-01
    ➕
    CHAMPION, Stephen appointed
    director
  18. 2010-01-01
    ➕
    CHAMPION, Anthony John appointed
    director
  19. 2008-03-31
    ➖
    CHAMPION, Anthony John resigned
    director
  20. 2008-03-31
    ➖
    CHAMPION, Stephen resigned
    director
  21. 2003-11-07
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    Company incorporated
    As A.J. CHAMPION & SONS (HAULAGE) LTD
  22. 2003-11-07
    ➕
    CHAMPION, Cynthia Clara appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-11-07
    ➕
    CHAMPION, Cynthia Clara appointed
    director
  24. 2003-11-07
    ➕
    CHAMPION, Philip appointed
    director
  25. 2003-11-07
    ➕
    BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-11-07
    ➖
    BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-11-07
    ➕
    CHAMPION, Anthony John appointed
    director
  28. 2003-11-07
    ➕
    CHAMPION, Stephen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHAMPION" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Cynthia Clara Champion
Individual · British · DOB 04/1942 · age 84
——sig. influencesignificant influence05/11/2016

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
Incorporated2003-11-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Cynclare Timsbury Road
Farmborough
Bath
North Somerset
BA2 0FB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

CHAMPION, Cynthia Clara→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAMPION, Cynthia Clara→
director · ~84y · appointed 2003-11-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAMPION, Philip→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-11-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAMPION, Stephen→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-07 · resigned 2003-11-07
Resigned
CHAMPION, Anthony John→
director · ~87y · appointed 2010-01-01 · resigned 2011-04-24
Resigned
CHAMPION, Anthony John→
director · ~87y · appointed 2003-11-07 · resigned 2008-03-31
Resigned
CHAMPION, Stephen→
director · ~57y · appointed 2003-11-07 · resigned 2008-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-12-08
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-12-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03