3FT HAULAGE LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12487185 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-27
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒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
64/100
Worth a look
What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 77120Renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehicles
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 4.1y
60/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Charge age ~4.1 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 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
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
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
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
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-03-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Liberty Leasing Limited
- 2025-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-29📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-11-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-15➖DIACONU, Vasile-Octavian resigneddirector
- 2024-05-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-04📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-05-04🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2023-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-11-15📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2022-03-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-03-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Advantedge Commercial Finance Limited
- 2022-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-03-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-02-27🏢Company incorporatedAs 3FT HAULAGE LTD
- 2020-02-27➕BIRMAN, Viorel-Stefan appointeddirector
- 2020-02-27➕GRIGORESCU, Razvan-Ionut appointeddirector
- 2020-02-27➕DIACONU, Vasile-Octavian appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
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
1 high ·Confirmation statement overdue
highAnnual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.
Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-21
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Viorel-Stefan Birman Individual · Romanian · DOB 05/1994 · age 32 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 27/02/2020 |
Mr Razvan-Ionut Grigorescu Individual · Romanian · DOB 11/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 27/02/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Vasile-Octavian Diaconuceased 01/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road
Registered office
12a Brickfields Industrial Estate
Finway Road
Hemel Hempstead
HP2 7QA
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-21OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-07
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
BIRMAN, Viorel-Stefan→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2020-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GRIGORESCU, Razvan-Ionut→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2020-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DIACONU, Vasile-Octavian→
Resigneddirector · ~31y · appointed 2020-02-27 · resigned 2024-11-15
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Liberty Leasing Liberty Leasing Limited | A registered charge | — | 27/03/2026 | — | |
| satisfied | Advantedge Commercial Finance Advantedge Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 17/03/2022 | 04/05/2024 |
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Recent filings (28 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-04
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-09
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-03-17