CENTREBUS EAST LTD

🌳Matureactive

07684224 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-27

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49319

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 14.6y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 14.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30
Average employees	0

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

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3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-04-21
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accounts · AA
2026-01-22
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-11-05
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officers · AP01
2024-11-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-30
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PEDDLE, Julian Henry appointed
director
2024-10-29
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PEDDLE, Julian Henry resigned
director
2024-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
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officers · AP01
2024-05-31
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BROOKES, David appointed
director
2024-05-09
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-05-09
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-05-05
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-25
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-01-26
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-21
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-10-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-05
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BROWN, Christopher Frank appointed
director
2021-08-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-29
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EVANS, Matthew John resigned
director
2021-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2015-12-17
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EVANS, Matthew John appointed
director
2015-12-17
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HARVEY, Peter resigned
director
2015-12-17
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SHELLEY, David Edward resigned
director
2015-03-30
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PEDDLE, Julian Henry appointed
director
2014-10-01
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SHELLEY, David Edward appointed
director
2011-12-09
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2011-10-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Asset Finance (UK) Limited. Hsbc Equipment Finance (UK) Limited. Both Together 'Hsbc'
2011-06-27
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Company incorporated
As CENTREBUS EAST LTD
2011-06-27
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BROWN, Christopher Frank appointed
secretary
2011-06-27
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HARVEY, Peter appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Julian Henry Peddle Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	30/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-06-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49319 — SIC 49319

Registered office

43 Wenlock Way

Leicester

LE4 9HU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-23

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-11

Last: 2025-06-27

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BROWN, Christopher Frank→

secretary · appointed 2011-06-27

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Active

BROOKES, David→

director · ~49y · appointed 2024-05-31

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Active

BROWN, Christopher Frank→

director · ~60y · appointed 2021-10-05

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Active

PEDDLE, Julian Henry→

director · ~72y · appointed 2024-10-30

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Active

EVANS, Matthew John→

director · ~60y · appointed 2015-12-17 · resigned 2021-07-29

Resigned

HARVEY, Peter→

director · ~73y · appointed 2011-06-27 · resigned 2015-12-17

Resigned

PEDDLE, Julian Henry→

director · ~72y · appointed 2015-03-30 · resigned 2024-10-29

Resigned

SHELLEY, David Edward→

director · ~57y · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2015-12-17

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	09/12/2011	—
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Asset Finance (UK) Limited. Hsbc Equipment Finance (UK) Limited. Both Together 'Hsbc'	Chattels mortgage	1 property	19/10/2011	—

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-21

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2026-01-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-23

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2025-01-23

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-11-05

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-11-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-04

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-06-03

capital-cancellation-shares

capital · SH06

2024-05-09

capital-return-purchase-own-shares

capital · SH03

2024-05-09

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2024-05-05

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened

accounts · AA01

2024-04-25

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2024-01-26