BCS HAULAGE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09395404 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-19
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£497.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -50% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
🏦
Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.2y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 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
70
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £497,694
Cash draining
Cash down 50% YoY
Cash YoY
-50%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£27k
↓ 50% YoY
Net Worth
£498k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£173k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £510.3k | £507.2k |
| Current assets | £172.7k | £207.4k |
| Cash | £26.6k | £53.6k |
| Debtors | £146.1k | £153.8k |
| Net assets | £497.7k | £497.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-10-17🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2017-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2016-11-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Colin James Saunders
- 2016-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2016-01-19📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-04-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2015-01-19🏢Company incorporatedAs BCS HAULAGE LIMITED
- 2015-01-19➕SAUNDERS, Brett Shane appointeddirector
- 2015-01-19➕SAUNDERS, Colin James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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.)
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Transport & logistics · GL postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A STAR TRANSPORT (GLOUCESTER) LTD→ 12881655 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ABSOLUTE CARS PRIVATE HIRE LTD→ 16137471 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BA COURIERS (GLOS) LTD→ 15028133 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BACK AND FORTH EXECUTIVE TRAVEL LTD→ 17063290 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BAHAR TRANSPORT LIMITED→ 15945765 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BALMORAL SAMEDAY COURIERS LIMITED→ 06746421 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| BASHIR TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LTD→ 13426073 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| BASIL FREEMAN AND SON TRANSPORT LIMITED→ 05758350 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| BBG SHIPPING LTD→ 16285951 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BC STORAGE LTD→ 10892428 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| BCS STORAGE LTD→ 13789121 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| BECKI&LUCAS TRANSPORT LTD→ 14397460 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-01-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road
Registered office
Unit 1 Fosse Cross Industrial Estate Calmsden Road
Chedworth
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL54 4NW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last: 2026-01-19
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SAUNDERS, Brett Shane→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2015-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SAUNDERS, Colin James→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2015-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/10/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Colin James Saunders | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/11/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/04/2015 | — |
Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.
Recent filings (29 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-17