CHAS.LONG & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05357877 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-09
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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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 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
46 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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£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

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-16
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-05-05
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    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-22
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-04
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-15
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  7. 2021-11-26
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-22
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-19
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  10. 2018-11-14
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  11. 2017-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-29
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  13. 2016-02-01
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  14. 2015-12-01
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  15. 2015-02-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-02-09
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    Company incorporated
    As CHAS.LONG & SON LIMITED
  17. 2005-02-09
    ➕
    HORN, Barbara Anne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-02-09
    ➕
    LONG, Charles Barry appointed
    director
  19. 2005-02-09
    ➕
    LONG, Charles David appointed
    director
  20. 2005-02-09
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    LONG, Mark Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2005-02-09
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-02-09
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 "LONG" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Andrew Long
Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-02-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Woodside, Brompton On Swale
Richmond
North Yorkshire
DL10 7JL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

HORN, Barbara Anne→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-09
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Active
LONG, Charles Barry→
director · ~83y · appointed 2005-02-09
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Active
LONG, Charles David→
director · ~57y · appointed 2005-02-09
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Active
LONG, Mark Andrew→
director · ~53y · appointed 2005-02-09
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-02-09 · resigned 2005-02-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-23