CURRIE EUROPEAN TRANSPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC062686 · ltd · incorporated 1977-07-11

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

—

year to Jun 2023

Net worth

—

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

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 8 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 8 lenders · oldest 48.7y

45/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 48.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 8 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)

Directors & officers

26 officers (6 active, 26 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

171 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

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 £67,334

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2023-06-30
Profit before tax	£67.3k
Average employees	20200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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

• 2 accounts
• 2 other

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 2 other
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 2 other
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (74 events)Click to expand

2026-04-27
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accounts · AA
2026-04-27
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legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2026-04-27
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legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2026-04-27
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legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-08
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officers · TM01
2023-12-31
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NIVEN, Steven Albion resigned
director
2023-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
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mortgage · MR04
2021-12-14
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Charge satisfied #5
2021-08-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-30
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CAMPBELL, Alison Jane resigned
director
2021-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-10
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2020-07-10
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2020-07-03
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-07-03
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Charge satisfied #6
2020-07-02
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mortgage · MR01
2020-06-25
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Bibby Financial Services Limited as Security Trustee
2020-05-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-05-29
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COULTHARD, Robert resigned
director
2020-04-22
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accounts · AA01
2020-04-01
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CAMPBELL, Alison Jane appointed
director
2020-03-10
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LEES, Anne resigned
director
2019-12-12
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Charge satisfied #7
2019-11-11
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NIVEN, Steven Albion appointed
director
2019-05-20
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GREIG, Shaun appointed
director
2019-04-26
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HUSKIE, Kevin John appointed
director
2019-02-28
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Charge satisfied #4
2019-01-28
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TURNER, Stephen George appointed
secretary
2019-01-28
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BARRIE, Thomas Warrington resigned
secretary
2019-01-28
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BARRIE, Thomas Warrington resigned
director
2019-01-28
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Thomas Warrington Barrie
2019-01-28
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Leumi Abl Limited
2017-02-28
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COOK, Alister Bricknal resigned
director
2015-06-23
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Charge satisfied #2
2015-01-01
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JAMIESON, Allan Edward appointed
director
2015-01-01
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LEES, Anne appointed
director
2010-06-05
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Charge satisfied #3
2010-06-05
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Charge satisfied #1
2010-05-26
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
2010-05-21
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2008-03-17
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TURNER, Stephen George appointed
director
2008-02-29
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ROSS, David resigned
director
2007-05-04
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WALLS, Steve Peter appointed
director
2006-11-21
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COOK, Alister Bricknal appointed
director
2006-10-06
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TURNER, Stephen George resigned
director
2006-02-24
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COOK, Alister resigned
director

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Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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.

Group structure

Currie International Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Currie International Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CURRIE EUROPEAN TRANSPORT LIMITED

This company · SC062686

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Currie International Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	28/01/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Thomas Warrington Barrieceased 28/01/2019· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1977-07-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Heathhall

Dumfries

DG1 3NX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-20

Last: 2026-04-06