A J NADEN HAULAGE LTD

💤Zombieactive

06905127 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-14

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£-23.0k

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

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £22,959

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£6k

Net Worth

-£23k

Current Assets

£6k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30
Total assets	£-23.0k
Current assets	£5.7k
Cash	£5.6k
Debtors	£73
Net assets	£-23.0k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-05-19
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2026-05-15
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NADEN, Lesley Ann resigned
director
2025-12-10
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2025-11-25
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2021-12-22
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2020-12-16
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2019-12-16
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2018-12-31
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2016-05-24
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2009-05-14
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Company incorporated
As A J NADEN HAULAGE LTD
2009-05-14
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NADEN, Andrew Jonathan appointed
director
2009-05-14
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NADEN, Lesley Ann appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "NADEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
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 17 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Jonathan Naden Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/05/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Lesley Ann Nadenceased 15/05/2026· significant influence

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

Incorporated2009-05-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

4 Lascelles Road

Buxton

Derbyshire

SK17 6RA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-28

Last: 2026-05-14

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

NADEN, Andrew Jonathan→

director · ~60y · appointed 2009-05-14

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Active

NADEN, Lesley Ann→

director · ~56y · appointed 2009-05-14 · resigned 2026-05-15

Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-27

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-05-19

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-05-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

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2025-12-10

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accounts · AA01

2025-11-25

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-13

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-11

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-18

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accounts · AA

2022-12-06

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-15

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accounts · AA

2021-12-22

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-23

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accounts · AA

2020-12-16