WOODSIDE MOTORFREIGHT LIMITED

📈Growthactive

NI008144 · ltd · incorporated 1971-01-18

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 53.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£22.21M

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (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: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 53.2y

60/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 53.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (7 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

167 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,762,627

Turnover YoY

+12%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Turnover	£22.21M	£19.76M
Gross profit	£5.14M	£4.46M
Operating profit	£1.72M	£1.36M
Profit before tax	£1.76M	£1.27M
Average employees	11300	10500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 5 persons-with-significant-control
• 3 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 5 persons-with-significant-control
• 3 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 persons-with-significant-control
• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-05-21
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2026-05-21
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officers · TM02
2026-04-16
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GRAIN, Mark Andrew Morley appointed
secretary
2026-04-16
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WOODSIDE, Robert James resigned
secretary
2026-04-16
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WOODSIDE, Robert James resigned
director
2025-12-21
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2024-12-20
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accounts · AA
2023-01-05
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accounts · AA
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accounts · AA
2015-09-01
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STEVENSON, Stuart appointed
director
2012-12-21
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WOODSIDE, John resigned
director
2009-05-01
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GRAIN, Mark Andrew Morley appointed
director
2000-06-30
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WOODSIDE, Mark appointed
director
2000-06-30
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WOODSIDE, Robert Greer appointed
director
2000-06-30
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WOODSIDE, Simon George appointed
director
2000-06-30
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WOODSIDE, Tim Robert James appointed
director
1996-01-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Ulster Invest. Bank
1979-11-28
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Charge satisfied #2
1973-03-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
1971-01-18
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Company incorporated
As WOODSIDE MOTORFREIGHT LIMITED
1971-01-18
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WOODSIDE, Robert James appointed
secretary
1971-01-18
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WOODSIDE, John appointed
director
1971-01-18
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WOODSIDE, Robert James appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WOODSIDE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: WOODSIDE, Robert James resigned 2026-04-16; WOODSIDE, Robert James resigned 2026-04-16

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Greer Woodside Individual · British · DOB 06/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence · trust interest	16/04/2026
Mr Mark Woodside Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	16/04/2026
Mr Simon George Woodside Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	16/04/2026
Mr Timothy Robert James Woodside Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	16/04/2026

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Woodside Haulage (Holdings) Ltdceased 16/04/2026· 75-100% shares · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1971-01-18

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

61 Carrickfergus Road

Ballynure

Ballyclare

Co Antrim

BT39 9QJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-16

Last: 2025-06-02