247 TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07009480 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-04
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 14.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.72M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
51 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,720,859
Cash YoY
-15%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£399k
↓ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£1.7m
↑ 9.1% YoY
Current Assets
£969k
↓ 5.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£344k£688k£1.0m£1.4m£1.7mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.95M£1.93M
Current assets£969.3k£1.03M
Cash£398.5k£468.7k
Debtors£570.8k£557.1k
Net assets£1.72M£1.58M

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

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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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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  2. 2024-12-19
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  3. 2023-12-05
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  4. 2022-12-16
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  5. 2021-12-17
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  6. 2021-03-15
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  7. 2019-12-13
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  8. 2018-08-17
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  9. 2018-07-17
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  10. 2018-07-17
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  11. 2017-12-20
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  12. 2016-12-16
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  13. 2016-02-08
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  14. 2015-12-16
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  15. 2015-09-29
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  16. 2014-09-05
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    VALE, Christopher appointed
    director
  17. 2011-10-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  18. 2010-09-01
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    ROSE, Anthony John resigned
    secretary
  19. 2010-03-09
    ➖
    WENHAM, Alice resigned
    director
  20. 2010-01-12
    ➖
    BURNETT, Carol Joan resigned
    director
  21. 2010-01-12
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    WENHAM, Alice appointed
    director
  22. 2009-09-04
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    Company incorporated
    As 247 TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  23. 2009-09-04
    ➕
    ROSE, Antony John appointed
    director
  24. 2009-09-04
    ➕
    ROSE, Anthony John appointed
    secretary
  25. 2009-09-04
    ➕
    BURNETT, Carol Joan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +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

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Ronald Vale
Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/07/2018
Mr Anthony John Rose
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-09-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

Unit A6 Chaucer Business Park
Dittons Road
Polegate
East Sussex
BN26 6QH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ROSE, Antony John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VALE, Christopher→
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROSE, Anthony John→
secretary · appointed 2009-09-04 · resigned 2010-09-01
Resigned
BURNETT, Carol Joan→
director · ~82y · appointed 2009-09-04 · resigned 2010-01-12
Resigned
WENHAM, Alice→
director · ~41y · appointed 2010-01-12 · resigned 2010-03-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property12/10/2011—
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Recent filings (51 total)

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2025-12-18
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2025-07-23
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2024-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
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accounts · AA
2023-12-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
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accounts · AA
2021-12-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
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accounts · AA
2021-03-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-17