MAXI HAULAGE LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
SC054932 · ltd · incorporated 1974-01-25
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
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 50.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 50.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (5 active, 16 linked, 9 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
128 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,387,797

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 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Profit before tax£1.39M£2.65M
Average employees3310033000

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-11-14
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    MILES, Alan John resigned
    director
  3. 2025-11-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-07
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2022-11-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2022-10-27
    ➕
    ROGERSON, Carrieanne appointed
    secretary
  10. 2022-10-27
    ➖
    LOGAN, Catherine resigned
    secretary
  11. 2022-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-10-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2021-10-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-05-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2020-05-07
    ➕
    ROGERSON, Carrieanne appointed
    director
  18. 2019-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-11-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2018-11-22
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    ATKINSON, Richard Elliott appointed
    director
  21. 2018-06-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2003-02-28
    ➖
    BELL, Graeme Davie resigned
    secretary
  23. 2003-02-28
    ➕
    LOGAN, Catherine appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-02-28
    ➖
    BELL, Graeme Davie resigned
    director
  25. 1998-04-09
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 1997-06-13
    ➕
    BELL, Graeme Davie appointed
    secretary
  27. 1997-06-13
    ➕
    BELL, Graeme Davie appointed
    director
  28. 1997-06-12
    ➖
    DAWSON, David Taylor resigned
    secretary
  29. 1997-05-12
    ➕
    MILES, Alan John appointed
    director
  30. 1996-07-31
    ➖
    ATKINSON, Neville William resigned
    director
  31. 1995-09-15
    ➕
    ALLAN, Robin Sinclair appointed
    director
  32. 1994-05-31
    ➖
    POULTON, Alan William resigned
    director
  33. 1993-07-20
    ➕
    POULTON, Alan William appointed
    director
  34. 1992-02-28
    ➖
    RUFF, George Henry resigned
    director
  35. 1991-12-19
    ➖
    PATRICK, Thomas Gordon resigned
    director
  36. 1990-07-02
    ➕
    RUFF, George Henry appointed
    director
  37. 1989-06-26
    ➖
    MCEWAN, John Crawford resigned
    director
  38. 1989-06-26
    ➖
    MCEWAN, John Crawford resigned
    director
  39. 1989-05-02
    ➕
    MCEWAN, John Crawford appointed
    director
  40. 1989-05-02
    ➕
    MCEWAN, John Crawford appointed
    director
  41. 1975-10-30
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  42. 1974-01-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MAXI 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 52 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

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

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Maxi Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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MAXI HAULAGE LIMITED
This company · SC054932

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Maxi Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/10/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gerald Elliott Atkinsonceased 06/10/2021· 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1974-01-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Elliott House
Kilwinning Road
Irvine
KA12 8TG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (5 active · 11 resigned)

ROGERSON, Carrieanne→
secretary · appointed 2022-10-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLAN, Robin Sinclair→
director · ~73y · appointed 1995-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATKINSON, Gerald Elliott→
director · ~82y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATKINSON, Richard Elliott→
director · ~52y · appointed 2018-11-22
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Active
ROGERSON, Carrieanne→
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-05-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELL, Graeme Davie→
secretary · appointed 1997-06-13 · resigned 2003-02-28
Resigned
DAWSON, David Taylor→
secretary · resigned 1997-06-12
Resigned
LOGAN, Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-28 · resigned 2022-10-27
Resigned
ATKINSON, Neville William→
director · ~89y · resigned 1996-07-31
Resigned
BELL, Graeme Davie→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-06-13 · resigned 2003-02-28
Resigned
MCEWAN, John Crawford→
director · appointed 1989-05-02 · resigned 1989-06-26
Resigned
MCEWAN, John Crawford→
director · appointed 1989-05-02 · resigned 1989-06-26
Resigned
MILES, Alan John→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-05-12 · resigned 2025-11-14
Resigned
PATRICK, Thomas Gordon→
director · resigned 1991-12-19
Resigned
POULTON, Alan William→
director · ~72y · appointed 1993-07-20 · resigned 1994-05-31
Resigned
RUFF, George Henry→
director · ~81y · appointed 1990-07-02 · resigned 1992-02-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property30/10/197509/04/1998

Recent filings (128 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-11-07
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-10-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-10-07