2CS TRANSPORT LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11185468 · ltd · incorporated 2018-02-05
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (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 (79/100)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 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
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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
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-03-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-10📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2025-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-04-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-05🏢Company incorporatedAs 2CS TRANSPORT LIMITED
- 2018-02-05➕CHESTER, David Gary appointeddirector
- 2018-02-05➕LOVELL, Steven Raymond appointeddirector
- 2018-02-05📄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 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Steven Raymond Lovell Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 23/03/2026 |
Mr David Gary Chester Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 05/02/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Steven Raymond Lovellceased 20/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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
Incorporated2018-02-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road
Registered office
14 Buckthorne Road
Normanton
WF6 2FH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-18
Last: 2026-02-04
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CHESTER, David Gary→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2018-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LOVELL, Steven Raymond→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2018-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (25 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-12