AD-MAR TRANS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15614690 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-03
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
57/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 49410Freight transport by road
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 57/100 (worth a look), bankability 40/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (53/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: low (52/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
57/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
35
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-04-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AD-MAR TRANS LTD
  2. 2024-04-03
    LUBOWSKI, Marcin Piotr appointed
    director
  3. 2024-04-03
    SZOPINSKA, Adrianna appointed
    director
  4. 2024-04-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

2 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-01-03

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-16

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Marcin Piotr Lubowski
Individual · Polish · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control03/04/2024
Miss Adrianna Szopinska
Individual · Polish · DOB 07/2001 · age 25
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/04/2024

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-04-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

38 Heddington Way
Leicester
LE2 6HF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-01-03OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-16OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LUBOWSKI, Marcin Piotr
director · ~64y · appointed 2024-04-03
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SZOPINSKA, Adrianna
director · ~25y · appointed 2024-04-03
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Recent filings (2 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-03