1 NVB TRANSPORT LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
13648865 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-28
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£16.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £16,247
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£16k
↑ 3.5% YoY
Current Assets
£35k
↑ 114% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £71.5k | £16.3k |
| Current assets | £34.7k | £16.2k |
| Net assets | £16.2k | £15.7k |
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
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-10-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-10-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-10-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-10-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-10-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-10-01➕BURGHIU, Ioana Mihaela appointeddirector
- 2021-10-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-09-28🏢Company incorporatedAs 1 NVB TRANSPORT LTD
- 2021-09-28➕BURGHIU, Ioan appointeddirector
- 2021-09-28📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
66/100
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.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ioan Burghiu Individual · Romanian · DOB 06/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 28/09/2021 |
Mrs Ioana Mihaela Burghiu Individual · Romanian · DOB 11/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 28/09/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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8 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-09-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road
Registered office
18 Poplar Lane
Sproughton
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP8 3FP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BURGHIU, Ioan→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2021-09-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BURGHIU, Ioana Mihaela→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2021-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (17 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-09