EAST DURHAM COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06131244 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2007-02-28
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
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
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-19
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  2. 2025-06-26
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  3. 2024-06-01
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  4. 2023-06-09
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  5. 2022-06-06
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  6. 2021-09-09
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  7. 2021-07-13
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  8. 2021-07-01
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  9. 2020-08-10
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  10. 2019-05-30
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  11. 2018-05-14
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  12. 2017-08-31
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  13. 2016-07-07
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  14. 2016-02-29
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  15. 2015-06-19
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  16. 2014-04-30
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    ATKINSON, John resigned
    director
  17. 2014-01-01
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    HIND, Barbara Jane appointed
    director
  18. 2014-01-01
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    SPIRIT, Keith appointed
    director
  19. 2014-01-01
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    TWIDALE, Margaret Rita appointed
    director
  20. 2012-12-31
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    WEATHERILL, Liam resigned
    secretary
  21. 2010-03-04
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    DYSON, Gordon resigned
    director
  22. 2007-02-28
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    Company incorporated
    As EAST DURHAM COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED
  23. 2007-02-28
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    HEPPLE, Christine Anne appointed
    director
  24. 2007-02-28
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    WEATHERILL, Liam appointed
    secretary
  25. 2007-02-28
    ➕
    ATKINSON, John appointed
    director
  26. 2007-02-28
    ➕
    DYSON, Gordon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Christine Anne Hepple
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
—25–50%25-50% voting · trust interest28/02/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2007-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

26 Willow Grove
Horden
Peterlee
SR8 4SA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

HEPPLE, Christine Anne→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-02-28
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Active
HIND, Barbara Jane→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-01-01
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Active
SPIRIT, Keith→
director · ~82y · appointed 2014-01-01
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Active
TWIDALE, Margaret Rita→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-01-01
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Active
WEATHERILL, Liam→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-28 · resigned 2012-12-31
Resigned
ATKINSON, John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2007-02-28 · resigned 2014-04-30
Resigned
DYSON, Gordon→
director · ~82y · appointed 2007-02-28 · resigned 2010-03-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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2026-03-02
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2025-06-26
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2025-02-28
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2024-06-01
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2024-03-04
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2023-06-09
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2023-03-01
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2022-06-06
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2022-03-01
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address · AD01
2021-09-09
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officers · CH01
2021-07-13
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2021-07-01
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2021-03-02
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