ALEXANDER DEGNEN LIVESTOCK & COMMERCIAL HAULAGE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10384671 · ltd · incorporated 2016-09-20
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 7.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£190.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £190,599

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£191k
Current Assets
£177k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£265.2k
Current assets£176.6k
Net assets£190.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-10-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-08-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-08-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2025-08-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-04-14
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  8. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-06-29
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-05-25
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  12. 2024-05-25
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  13. 2024-04-11
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  14. 2024-03-26
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2023-01-31
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2022-11-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2022-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-06-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 2016-09-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALEXANDER DEGNEN LIVESTOCK & COMMERCIAL HAULAGE LTD
  22. 2016-09-20
    ➕
    STUART, Sarah Ann appointed
    secretary
  23. 2016-09-20
    ➕
    DEGNEN, Alexander David appointed
    director
  24. 2016-09-20
    ➕
    STUART, Sarah Ann appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DEGNEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr Alexander David Degnen
Individual · British · DOB 02/1993 · age 33
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/09/2016
Sarah Ann Stuart
Individual · British · DOB 02/1990 · age 36
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/09/2016

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
Incorporated2016-09-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77320 — Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Registered office

C/O Rfm Fylde Limited, Unit 1d, Ground Floor, River View,
96 High Street, Garstang
Preston
Lancashire
PR3 1WZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-14
Last: 2025-08-31

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

STUART, Sarah Ann→
secretary · appointed 2016-09-20
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Active
DEGNEN, Alexander David→
director · ~33y · appointed 2016-09-20
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Active
STUART, Sarah Ann→
director · ~36y · appointed 2016-09-20
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—03/06/2019—
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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-18
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-05-25
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-05-25
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2024-04-11