C HOLLANDS HAULAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06940786 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-22
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 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
38 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
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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
Average employees900900

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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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-15
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  2. 2024-05-16
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  3. 2023-10-03
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  4. 2023-10-02
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    SEBRY, Amy Amanda appointed
    director
  5. 2023-05-16
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  6. 2022-06-15
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  7. 2021-05-18
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  8. 2020-05-17
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  9. 2019-05-14
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  10. 2018-05-15
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  11. 2017-05-08
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  12. 2016-08-01
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  13. 2016-05-16
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  14. 2015-08-01
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  15. 2015-05-11
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  16. 2014-07-12
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  17. 2009-06-22
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    Company incorporated
    As C HOLLANDS HAULAGE LIMITED
  18. 2009-06-22
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    HOLLANDS, Heather appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-06-22
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    HOLLANDS, Colin Eric appointed
    director
  20. 2009-06-22
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    HOLLANDS, Heather appointed
    director

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 "HOLLANDS" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Eric Hollands
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mrs Heather Hollands
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2009-06-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

33 Shenley Lane
London Colney
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL2 1LW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-06
Last: 2026-06-22

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

HOLLANDS, Heather→
secretary · appointed 2009-06-22
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Active
HOLLANDS, Colin Eric→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-06-22
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Active
HOLLANDS, Heather→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-06-22
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Active
SEBRY, Amy Amanda→
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-10-02
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Recent filings (38 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-06
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2025-07-08
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2025-05-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
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2024-05-16
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officers · AP01
2023-10-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
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2023-05-16
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2022-07-02
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accounts · AA
2022-06-15
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2021-06-24
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2021-05-18
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2020-06-24
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2020-05-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-05