DERWENT SHIPPING & LOGISTICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07224682 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-15
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees700700

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-27
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  12. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2018-12-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2018-12-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2018-12-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2014-07-01
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    FRAZIER, Julian Greville appointed
    director
  18. 2014-07-01
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    FRAZIER, Sarah appointed
    director
  19. 2010-10-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  20. 2010-04-15
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    Company incorporated
    As DERWENT SHIPPING & LOGISTICS LIMITED
  21. 2010-04-15
    ➕
    BODEN, Elizabeth Anne appointed
    secretary
  22. 2010-04-15
    ➕
    BODEN, Elizabeth Anne appointed
    director
  23. 2010-04-15
    ➕
    BODEN, Gary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Julian Greville Frazier
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Anne Boden
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Gary Boden
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Market Weighton Business Centre York Road
Market Weighton
York
YO43 3GL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

BODEN, Elizabeth Anne→
secretary · appointed 2010-04-15
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Active
BODEN, Elizabeth Anne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-04-15
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Active
BODEN, Gary→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-04-15
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Active
FRAZIER, Julian Greville→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-07-01
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Active
FRAZIER, Sarah→
director · ~57y · appointed 2014-07-01
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Active

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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 property26/10/2010—
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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-08