BOB ATKINSON TRANSPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05355048 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-07

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 16.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

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 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.0y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 16.0 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.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	600	700	700

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

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4 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-07-07
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2024-07-12
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2023-07-04
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2022-06-15
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2021-05-21
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2020-08-06
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2019-09-25
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2018-10-31
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2017-08-12
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2016-07-20
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2016-02-10
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2015-02-12
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2014-09-22
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2014-03-26
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Peter Morgan
2011-03-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2011-03-05
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Charge satisfied #1
2010-07-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Peter Morgan
2006-06-01
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ATKINSON, Deborah Ann appointed
director
2005-02-07
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Company incorporated
As BOB ATKINSON TRANSPORT LIMITED
2005-02-07
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ATKINSON, Deborah Ann appointed
secretary
2005-02-07
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ATKINSON, Robert John appointed
director
2005-02-07
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-02-07
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-02-07
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-02-07
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

99/100

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 "ATKINSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Deborah Ann Atkinson Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Robert John Atkinson Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-02-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

2 Keld Close

Stainton

Penrith

Cumbria

CA11 0EJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-21

Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ATKINSON, Deborah Ann→

secretary · appointed 2005-02-07

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Active

ATKINSON, Deborah Ann→

director · ~63y · appointed 2006-06-01

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Active

ATKINSON, Robert John→

director · ~62y · appointed 2005-02-07

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-02-07 · resigned 2005-02-07

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-02-07 · resigned 2005-02-07

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Peter Morgan	A registered charge	1 property	26/03/2014	—
outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	08/03/2011	—
satisfied	Peter Morgan	Charge over deposit	1 property	16/07/2010	05/03/2011

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