BASSQUINN EXPRESS DISTRIBUTION LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12091545 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-08
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 6.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-76.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
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 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
18 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 · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £76,850
Net assets shrinking
Down £146,099 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£77k
↓ 211% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 68% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-43.4k | £23.9k |
| Current assets | £3.0k | £9.6k |
| Net assets | £-76.8k | £69.2k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-06-23➕BASSON, Richard Alexander appointeddirector
- 2022-06-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-07-29📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2019-10-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-10-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Apollo Business Finance LTD
- 2019-07-08🏢Company incorporatedAs BASSQUINN EXPRESS DISTRIBUTION LTD
- 2019-07-08➕BASSON, Chloe Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2019-07-08📄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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Chloe Elizabeth Basson Individual · English · DOB 03/2001 · age 25 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 08/07/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road
Registered office
9 Warren Lane
Arthington
Otley
LS21 1PB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BASSON, Chloe Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~25y · appointed 2019-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BASSON, Richard Alexander→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2022-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Apollo Business Finance Apollo Business Finance LTD | A registered charge | — | 22/10/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (18 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-07-29