CENTRE TRANSPORT SALES LTD
🌳Matureactive
08869679 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-30
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 3.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-16.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45190
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.2y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
41 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £16,253
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£109k
Net Worth
-£16k
Current Assets
£386k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £280.1k | — |
| Current assets | £385.6k | — |
| Cash | £108.5k | — |
| Debtors | £14.8k | — |
| Net assets | £-16.3k | — |
| Average employees | — | 500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-03-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-08-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-08-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-03-18➕SAWYER, Anthony David appointeddirector
- 2024-03-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-03-14📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2024-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-05-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-04-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-04-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Paragon Business Finance PLC
- 2023-01-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-01-30🏢Company incorporatedAs CENTRE TRANSPORT SALES LTD
- 2014-01-30➕SAWYER, Jodie appointeddirector
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Centre Transport Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Centre Transport Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CENTRE TRANSPORT SALES LTD
This company · 08869679
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Centre Transport Group Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/02/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Anthony David Sawyerceased 01/02/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-01-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190
Registered office
103 High Street
Waltham Cross
EN8 7AN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-02
Last: 2026-05-19
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SAWYER, Anthony David→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2024-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SAWYER, Jodie→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2014-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Business Finance PLC | A registered charge | — | 25/04/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (41 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-04-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-11-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-08-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-18
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31