A.& J.NELSON(HAULAGE CONTRACTORS)LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

SC059157 · ltd · incorporated 1975-12-30

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

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

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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 with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 50.2y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 50.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 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

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

108 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 £603,318

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Profit before tax	£603.3k	£1.33M
Average employees	5900	5700

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

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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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2025-07-09
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-07-09
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capital · SH03
2025-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
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officers · TM01
2025-04-01
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-01
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-24
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NELSON, John resigned
director
2024-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-12
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-08-12
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Charge satisfied #1
2022-05-27
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-05-27
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Charge satisfied #2
2022-04-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-05-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2015-10-14
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NELSON, John Scott appointed
director
2006-10-19
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NELSON, Gail Angela appointed
director
1996-05-22
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NELSON, Colin Alexander appointed
director
1979-12-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1976-01-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1975-12-30
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Company incorporated
As A.& J.NELSON(HAULAGE CONTRACTORS)LIMITED

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 "NELSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — 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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 50 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Colin Alexander Nelson Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr John Nelsonceased 24/03/2025· 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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SALTIRE SHIPPING LIMITED→ SC190906 · est 1998 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	27y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1975-12-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Great North Road

Kelty

Fife

KY4 0HE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28