3RD PARTY LOGISTICS LTD

🌳Matureactive
08111640 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-19
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£14.01M
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49200
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 49410Freight transport by road
  • 52290Other transportation support activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 12.5y

45/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £384,165

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-05
Turnover£14.01M
Gross profit£3.63M
Operating profit£503.0k
Profit before tax£384.2k
Average employees2700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-12-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-12-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-29
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-11-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-01
    WALNE, Darren Michael appointed
    director
  13. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-04-27
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2020-04-16
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  16. 2019-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-03-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2019-03-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance LTD
  19. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2013-10-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 2012-06-19
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    Company incorporated
    As 3RD PARTY LOGISTICS LTD
  23. 2012-06-19
    BORROUGHS, Paul Nicholas appointed
    secretary
  24. 2012-06-19
    LAWRENSON, Kevin Alan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

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

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Borroughs Ltd. holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Borroughs Ltd.
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
3RD PARTY LOGISTICS LTD
This company · 08111640

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Borroughs Ltd.
Corporate entity
2550%
25-50% shares01/11/2016
Mr Kevin Alan Lawrenson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54
2550%
25-50% shares01/11/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-06-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49200 — SIC 49200

Registered office

Plot 5 Sub-Station Road
Felixstowe
Suffolk
IP11 3JB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BORROUGHS, Paul Nicholas
secretary · appointed 2012-06-19
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Active
LAWRENSON, Kevin Alan
director · ~54y · appointed 2012-06-19
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Active
WALNE, Darren Michael
director · ~50y · appointed 2021-11-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge16/04/2020
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance LTD
A registered charge06/03/2019
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property31/10/2013
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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-24