5 LIONS TRANSPORT LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
13248928 · ltd · incorporated 2021-03-05
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -71% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,470
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,128 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 71% YoY
Cash YoY
-71%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 71% YoY
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 47% YoY
Current Assets
£34k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£10k£20k£30k£39k£49kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£57.4k£54.6k
Current assets£33.8k£49.4k
Cash£3.6k£12.3k
Debtors£30.2k£37.1k
Net assets£3.5k£6.6k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-06-20
    ➖
    SINGH, Harjit resigned
    director
  7. 2022-04-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-04-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-04-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-04-19
    ➕
    SINGH, Sarabjit appointed
    director
  11. 2022-04-19
    ➕
    SINGH, Harjit appointed
    director
  12. 2022-03-25
    ➖
    NASIR, Waleed resigned
    director
  13. 2022-03-25
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-03-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 5 LIONS TRANSPORT LTD
  15. 2021-03-05
    ➕
    SINGH, Gurpreet appointed
    director
  16. 2021-03-05
    ➕
    NASIR, Waleed appointed
    director
  17. 2021-03-05
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-03-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

26 Eastleigh Road
Leicester
LE3 0DB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SINGH, Gurpreet→
director · ~47y · appointed 2021-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINGH, Sarabjit→
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NASIR, Waleed→
director · ~39y · appointed 2021-03-05 · resigned 2022-03-25
Resigned
SINGH, Harjit→
director · ~53y · appointed 2022-04-19 · resigned 2022-06-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (15 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-03-05