442 LOGISTICS LTD

💤Zombieactive
05949506 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-28
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£346.0k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (2 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
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
68 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £346,031
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£346k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£432k
↑ 45% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£86k£173k£259k£346k£432kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£522.8k£292.3k
Current assets£432.4k£298.0k
Cash—£157.8k
Debtors—£140.2k
Net assets£346.0k£274.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-10-31
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  3. 2023-09-01
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  4. 2022-05-17
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  5. 2021-10-28
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  6. 2021-01-30
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  7. 2019-11-11
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  8. 2019-11-11
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  9. 2019-11-11
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    address · AD01
  10. 2019-10-31
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  11. 2018-10-31
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  12. 2017-10-31
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  13. 2016-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-07
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    officers · AP03
  15. 2016-02-22
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    LATTO, Joanne appointed
    secretary
  16. 2015-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-01-24
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    HUTTON, Peter John resigned
    director
  18. 2012-01-23
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    TAYLOR, Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-11-16
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    HUTTON, Brian Andrew appointed
    director
  20. 2007-09-06
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    HUTTON, Brian Andrew resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-09-06
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    TAYLOR, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-09-06
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    HUTTON, Brian Andrew resigned
    director
  23. 2006-09-28
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    Company incorporated
    As 442 LOGISTICS LTD
  24. 2006-09-28
    ➕
    HUTTON, Brian Andrew appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-09-28
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2006-09-28
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2006-09-28
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    HUTTON, Brian Andrew appointed
    director
  28. 2006-09-28
    ➕
    HUTTON, Peter John appointed
    director
  29. 2006-09-28
    ➕
    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2006-09-28
    ➖
    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Brian Andrew Hutton
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/09/2016

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
Incorporated2006-09-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

2 Portway Close
East Hendred
Wantage
OX12 8FQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

LATTO, Joanne→
secretary · appointed 2016-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUTTON, Brian Andrew→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-11-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUTTON, Brian Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-28 · resigned 2007-09-06
Resigned
TAYLOR, Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-06 · resigned 2012-01-23
Resigned
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-09-28 · resigned 2006-09-28
Resigned
HUTTON, Brian Andrew→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-09-28 · resigned 2007-09-06
Resigned
HUTTON, Peter John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-09-28 · resigned 2012-01-24
Resigned
INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-09-28 · resigned 2006-09-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

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2025-10-31
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2025-10-10
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accounts · AA
2024-10-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-11-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-11-11