ANDAN TRANSPORT LTD
🌳Matureactive
09330293 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-27
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-507
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £507
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£3k
Net Worth
-£507
Current Assets
£3k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £4.0k | — |
| Current assets | £3.5k | — |
| Cash | £2.7k | — |
| Debtors | £768 | — |
| Net assets | £-507 | — |
| Average employees | — | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-12-01➕BIALOGONSKA, Danuta Maria appointeddirector
- 2017-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-27📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-11-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ANDAN TRANSPORT LTD
- 2014-11-27➕BIALOGONSKI, Andrzej appointeddirector
- 2014-11-27📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
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 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +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 signalMultiple 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
cleanNo 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 Andrzej Bialogonski Individual · Polish · DOB 01/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-11-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road
Registered office
54 Courtlands
Bradley Stoke
Bristol
BS32 9BB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last: 2025-12-07
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BIALOGONSKA, Danuta Maria→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2017-12-01
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BIALOGONSKI, Andrzej→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2014-11-27
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Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (25 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-07