TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI024792 · ltd · incorporated 1990-09-12
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
115 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees400400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-06
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-10-06
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2025-10-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-10-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-10-02
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2025-10-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-10-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-10-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2025-10-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  11. 2025-10-01
    ➕
    MAZZINI, Marco appointed
    director
  12. 2025-10-01
    ➕
    MCCURDY, Eamon appointed
    director
  13. 2025-10-01
    ➕
    MCGOVERN, Vincent appointed
    director
  14. 2025-10-01
    ➖
    MCGOVERN, Vincent resigned
    secretary
  15. 2025-10-01
    ➖
    MCGOVERN, Vincent resigned
    director
  16. 2025-06-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2025-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2025-05-29
    ➖
    MCGOVERN, Julie resigned
    director
  19. 2025-05-15
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  20. 2025-05-14
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  21. 2025-05-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  22. 2025-05-14
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  23. 2025-05-14
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  24. 2025-05-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  25. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2023-01-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  27. 2022-12-31
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    MCGOVERN, Ryan appointed
    director
  28. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  29. 1990-09-12
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    Company incorporated
    As TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS LIMITED
  30. 1990-09-12
    ➕
    MCGOVERN, Vincent appointed
    secretary
  31. 1990-09-12
    ➕
    MCGOVERN, Julie appointed
    director
  32. 1990-09-12
    ➕
    MCGOVERN, Vincent appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

1 med ·
3 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

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

Evidence: MCGOVERN, Vincent resigned 2025-10-01; MCGOVERN, Julie resigned 2025-05-29; MCGOVERN, Vincent resigned 2025-10-01

Group structure

Roadliner (International) Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Roadliner (International) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS LIMITED
This company · NI024792

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Roadliner (International) Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/10/2025
Mr Ryan Mcgovern
Individual · Irish · DOB 03/1989 · age 37
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/09/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Vincent Mcgovernceased 01/10/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Julie Mcgovernceased 30/09/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1990-09-12
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

29 Duke Street Duke Street
Warrenpoint
Newry
Down
BT34 3JY
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-29
Last: 2025-05-15

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MAZZINI, Marco→
director · ~58y · appointed 2025-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCURDY, Eamon→
director · ~50y · appointed 2025-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGOVERN, Ryan→
director · ~37y · appointed 2022-12-31
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Active
MCGOVERN, Vincent→
director · ~69y · appointed 2025-10-01
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Active
MCGOVERN, Vincent→
secretary · appointed 1990-09-12 · resigned 2025-10-01
Resigned
MCGOVERN, Julie→
director · ~67y · appointed 1990-09-12 · resigned 2025-05-29
Resigned
MCGOVERN, Vincent→
director · ~69y · appointed 1990-09-12 · resigned 2025-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (115 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-06
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-10-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-02
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-10-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-05-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-14