CADZOW HEAVY HAULAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC053552 · ltd · incorporated 1973-07-09
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£3.54M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 80). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 38.4y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 38.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
115 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,536,667
Net assets shrinking
Down £103,769 YoY
Cash YoY
-29%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.7m
↓ 29% YoY
Net Worth
£3.5m
↓ 2.9% YoY
Current Assets
£2.1m
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£728k£1.5m£2.2m£2.9m£3.6mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£3.96M£4.07M
Current assets£2.09M£2.79M
Cash£1.69M£2.36M
Debtors£394.8k£421.9k
Net assets£3.54M£3.64M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2025-03-07
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  3. 2024-04-12
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  4. 2023-04-18
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  5. 2022-04-22
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  6. 2021-04-27
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  7. 2021-03-25
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  10. 2020-04-01
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  11. 2019-04-30
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  12. 2018-12-20
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  13. 2018-11-21
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  14. 2018-11-09
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  16. 2018-11-09
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  17. 2018-10-31
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    TENNANT, Evelyn resigned
    director
  18. 2016-03-01
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    MACAULEY, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  19. 2016-03-01
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    TENNANT, Evelyn appointed
    director
  20. 2016-02-13
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    MACAULEY, Ernest James, Executors Of The Late resigned
    director
  21. 2016-02-08
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    BRAILSFORD, Margaret Walker appointed
    director
  22. 2002-07-10
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Brb (Residuary) Limited
  23. 2000-12-11
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    Charge satisfied #3
  24. 2000-12-11
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    Charge satisfied #2
  25. 2000-12-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 2000-04-30
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    GARDINER, John resigned
    director
  27. 1998-05-29
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    MACAULEY, Evelyn resigned
    director
  28. 1989-04-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hamilton District Council
  29. 1988-04-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hamilton District Council
  30. 1987-12-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hamilton District Council
  31. 1973-07-09
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    Company incorporated
    As CADZOW HEAVY HAULAGE LIMITED

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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 53 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Elizabeth Macauley
Individual · British · DOB 11/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/03/2021
Mrs Margaret Walker Brailsford
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/03/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Marion Simpson Macauleyceased 01/03/2021· 50-75% shares
  • Executors Of The Late Ernest James Macauleyceased 31/10/2018· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated1973-07-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

15 Forrest Street
Blantyre
Glasgow
G72 0JP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

MACAULEY, Marion Simpson→
secretary
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Active
BRAILSFORD, Margaret Walker→
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-02-08
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Active
MACAULEY, Elizabeth→
director · ~54y · appointed 2016-03-01
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Active
MACAULEY, Marion Simpson→
director · ~80y
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Active
GARDINER, John→
director · ~83y · resigned 2000-04-30
Resigned
MACAULEY, Ernest James, Executors Of The Late→
director · ~81y · resigned 2016-02-13
Resigned
MACAULEY, Evelyn→
director · ~106y · resigned 1998-05-29
Resigned
TENNANT, Evelyn→
director · ~56y · appointed 2016-03-01 · resigned 2018-10-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Brb (Residuary)
Brb (Residuary) Limited
Standard security1 property10/07/2002—
satisfied
Hamilton District Council
Standard security1 property20/04/198911/12/2000
satisfied
Hamilton District Council
Standard security1 property06/04/198811/12/2000
satisfied
Hamilton District Council
Standard security1 property24/12/198711/12/2000
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Recent filings (115 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
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accounts · AA
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
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accounts · AA
2023-04-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
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accounts · AA
2022-04-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
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accounts · AA
2021-04-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-25
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2021-03-25
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