LOANE TRANSPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

NI016810 · ltd · incorporated 1983-06-30

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 28.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£25.10M

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.6y

80/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 28.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

124 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

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

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 £1,582,532

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-29
Turnover	£25.10M
Gross profit	£2.38M
Operating profit	£1.55M
Profit before tax	£1.58M
Average employees	13500

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 accounts
• 2 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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accounts · AA
2026-03-19
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-01-24
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replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2025-12-20
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-22
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-20
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-20
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officers · AP01
2021-09-20
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officers · AP01
2021-09-20
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officers · AP01
2021-09-20
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officers · TM01
2021-09-02
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LOANE, Brian Douglas appointed
director
2021-09-02
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LOANE, Kerri Joy appointed
director
2021-09-02
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LOANE, Kris Mark appointed
director
2021-09-02
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LOANE, Evelyn Joyce resigned
director
2020-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2019-04-04
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Northern Bank Limited
2012-10-23
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Charge satisfied #2
1998-12-17
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Ireland
1997-10-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Ireland
1983-06-30
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Company incorporated
As LOANE TRANSPORT LIMITED
1983-06-30
➕
LOANE, Mark Brian appointed
secretary
1983-06-30
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LOANE, Blakely appointed
director
1983-06-30
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LOANE, Mark Brian appointed
director
1983-06-30
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LOANE, Evelyn Joyce appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LOANE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 43 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+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

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — LOANE, Brian Douglas (same surname) appointed 2021-09-02. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 43 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Mullynaval Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Mullynaval Holdings Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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LOANE TRANSPORT LIMITED

This company · NI016810

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mullynaval Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	21/05/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Mark Brian Loaneceased 21/05/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

Incorporated1983-06-30

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

35 Main Street

Kesh

Co. Fermanagh

BT93 1TF

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-23

Last made up to: 2025-03-29

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-28

Last: 2026-01-14