BEST HAULAGE INTERNATIONAL LTD

🌱Startupactive
16401692 · ltd · incorporated 2025-04-23
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (52/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-16
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2025-07-15
    CORCORAN, Le’Shawn resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-07-08
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  4. 2025-07-01
    CORCORAN, Le’Shawn appointed
    secretary
  5. 2025-04-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEST HAULAGE INTERNATIONAL LTD
  6. 2025-04-23
    BEST, Cody appointed
    director
  7. 2025-04-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BEST" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Cody Best
Individual · British · DOB 09/1991 · age 35
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/04/2025

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
Incorporated2025-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities

Registered office

85 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 7LT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BEST, Cody
director · ~35y · appointed 2025-04-23
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Active
CORCORAN, Le’Shawn
secretary · appointed 2025-07-01 · resigned 2025-07-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-16
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-07-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-04-23