ADRIAN WILLIAMS TRANSPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07043383 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-15

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

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£28.5k

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

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £28,492

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,297 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£28k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£28k

↓ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£36.8k	£46.2k
Current assets	£27.6k	£32.0k
Net assets	£28.5k	£32.8k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-03-17
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2022-03-24
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2021-05-28
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2020-06-10
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2019-06-24
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2018-06-27
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2017-06-06
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2016-03-21
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2015-10-16
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annual-return · AR01
2015-03-26
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2014-10-16
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2014-04-08
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2013-10-21
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2012-10-08
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PHILLIPS, John Joseph resigned
secretary
2009-10-15
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Company incorporated
As ADRIAN WILLIAMS TRANSPORT LIMITED
2009-10-15
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WILLIAMS, Adrian Lee appointed
director
2009-10-15
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WILLIAMS, Beverley appointed
director
2009-10-15
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PHILLIPS, John Joseph appointed
secretary
2009-10-15
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COWAN, Graham Michael appointed
director
2009-10-15
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COWAN, Graham Michael resigned
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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WILLIAMS" — 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 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Adrian Lee Williams Individual · British · DOB 10/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Beverley Williams Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2009-10-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Unit 81 Centaur Court Claydon Business Park

Great Blakenham

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP6 0NL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-29

Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Adrian Lee→

director · ~56y · appointed 2009-10-15

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Active

WILLIAMS, Beverley→

director · ~67y · appointed 2009-10-15

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Active

PHILLIPS, John Joseph→

secretary · appointed 2009-10-15 · resigned 2012-10-08

Resigned

COWAN, Graham Michael→

director · ~83y · appointed 2009-10-15 · resigned 2009-10-15

Resigned

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