BAY LOGISTICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06874033 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-08
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 12.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.7y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-30
Average employees1000

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-02
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    HAMBLETT, Simon Steve appointed
    director
  2. 2025-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2024-04-16
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2024-04-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  8. 2024-04-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-04-12
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    capital · SH01
  10. 2024-04-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2023-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-03
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2019-12-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 2019-11-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  18. 2019-11-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2019-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2016-06-02
    ➕
    HAMBLETT, Janet Susan appointed
    director
  22. 2016-06-02
    ➕
    HAMBLETT, Steven Edward appointed
    director
  23. 2014-09-22
    ➖
    HAMBLETT, Janet Susan resigned
    director
  24. 2014-09-22
    ➖
    HAMBLETT, Steven Edward resigned
    director
  25. 2013-09-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance LTD
  26. 2011-06-30
    ➕
    HAMBLETT, Janet Susan appointed
    director
  27. 2009-09-22
    ➕
    HAMBLETT, Jason Francis appointed
    director
  28. 2009-06-24
    ➕
    HAMBLETT, Steven Edward appointed
    director
  29. 2009-04-14
    ➖
    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
    director
  30. 2009-04-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BAY LOGISTICS LIMITED
  31. 2009-04-08
    ➕
    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HAMBLETT, Simon Steve (same surname) appointed 2025-06-02. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

14 Heysham Mossgate Road
Heysham
Morecambe
Lancashire
LA3 2JT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

HAMBLETT, Janet Susan→
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMBLETT, Jason Francis→
director · ~40y · appointed 2009-09-22
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Active
HAMBLETT, Simon Steve→
director · ~37y · appointed 2025-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMBLETT, Steven Edward→
director · ~69y · appointed 2016-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMBLETT, Janet Susan→
director · ~68y · appointed 2011-06-30 · resigned 2014-09-22
Resigned
HAMBLETT, Steven Edward→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-06-24 · resigned 2014-09-22
Resigned
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-04-08 · resigned 2009-04-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—02/12/2019—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance LTD
A registered charge1 property06/09/201321/11/2019
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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-16
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-04-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-04-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-03