KJM TRANSPORT SERVICES LTD

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NI632709 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-30
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-47.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (79/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £47,387
Net assets shrinking
Down £207,106 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£47k
↓ 130% YoY
Current Assets
£312k
↑ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£47k£24k£96k£168k£240k£312kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£27.6k£321.3k
Current assets£312.0k£212.6k
Debtors£180.5k£131.3k
Net assets£-47.4k£159.7k

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

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1 signal 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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-23
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  2. 2025-03-12
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  3. 2023-12-20
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  4. 2023-04-12
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  5. 2022-10-18
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  6. 2022-04-27
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  7. 2021-08-02
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  8. 2021-08-02
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  9. 2021-08-02
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  10. 2021-08-01
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    MCCALL, Colin William appointed
    director
  11. 2021-08-01
    ➕
    MCCALL, Stuart Samuel appointed
    director
  12. 2021-08-01
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    WILSON, David appointed
    director
  13. 2021-03-26
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  14. 2019-11-08
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  15. 2019-04-25
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  16. 2018-04-25
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  17. 2017-07-31
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  18. 2017-07-31
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  19. 2017-07-31
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  20. 2015-07-30
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    Company incorporated
    As KJM TRANSPORT SERVICES LTD
  21. 2015-07-30
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    MCCALL, Kenneth 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 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

25/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MCCALL, Stuart Samuel (same surname) appointed 2021-08-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kenneth Mccall
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/07/2017

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
Incorporated2015-07-30
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

75 Old Coach Road
Templepatrick
Co Antrim
BT39 0HA
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-12
Last: 2025-07-29

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MCCALL, Colin William→
director · ~70y · appointed 2021-08-01
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Active
MCCALL, Kenneth→
director · ~73y · appointed 2015-07-30
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Active
MCCALL, Stuart Samuel→
director · ~47y · appointed 2021-08-01
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Active
WILSON, David→
director · ~49y · appointed 2021-08-01
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Active

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Recent filings (30 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
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accounts · AA
2025-03-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-11
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officers · AP01
2021-08-02
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2021-08-02
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officers · AP01
2021-08-02
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accounts · AA
2021-03-26