APPLEWOODS HIAB & TRANSPORT LTD

🌳Matureactive
09196172 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-30
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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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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 strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
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£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees200200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-07-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-07
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-03-25
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    APPLEGARTH, Joseph appointed
    director
  12. 2019-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-09-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-08-30
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    Company incorporated
    As APPLEWOODS HIAB & TRANSPORT LTD
  18. 2014-08-30
    ➕
    APPLEGARTH, Tina Amanda appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — 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

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Tina Amanda Applegarth
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2017
Tina Applegarth
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-08-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

58 Blind Lane Blind Lane
Houghton Le Spring
DH4 5JN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

APPLEGARTH, Joseph→
director · ~64y · appointed 2020-03-25
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APPLEGARTH, Tina Amanda→
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-08-30
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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-28