ABOUT TOWN CARRIAGES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07176882 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-03
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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 (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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
40 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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees2200

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

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2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-06-23
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  3. 2024-05-13
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  4. 2023-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-25
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    capital · SH01
  6. 2022-07-20
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-28
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-22
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  9. 2019-11-13
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  10. 2018-11-06
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  11. 2017-09-18
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  12. 2016-09-23
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  13. 2016-03-18
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  14. 2015-08-18
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-03-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ABOUT TOWN CARRIAGES LIMITED
  17. 2010-03-03
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    MORRISON, Peter Timothy appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-03-03
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    MORRISON, Peter Timothy appointed
    director
  19. 2010-03-03
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    STEVENSON, Stewart Ian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Timothy Morrison
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2010-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

Capital House 272 Manchester Road
Droylsden
Manchester
M43 6PW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MORRISON, Peter Timothy→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-03
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MORRISON, Peter Timothy→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-03-03
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STEVENSON, Stewart Ian→
director · ~51y · appointed 2010-03-03
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Recent filings (40 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-09