GALT TRANSPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC109864 · ltd · incorporated 1988-03-16
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 38.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£8.42M
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
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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

1 live charge · oldest 38.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 38.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (86/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,419,649
Cash YoY
-1%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3.8m
↓ 1.3% YoY
Net Worth
£8.4m
↑ 5.6% YoY
Current Assets
£5.0m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1.7m£3.4m£5.1m£6.7m£8.4mMar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£9.48M£8.84M£7.99M
Current assets£4.96M£4.98M£3.48M
Cash£3.80M£3.85M£2.26M
Debtors£1.14M£1.12M£1.20M
Net assets£8.42M£7.98M£7.36M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-03
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  3. 2025-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-08
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  6. 2025-04-08
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  7. 2025-04-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2025-04-01
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2025-04-01
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2025-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2024-08-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2024-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2024-01-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2024-01-02
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    GALT, Allan Douglas resigned
    director
  15. 2023-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-07-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2022-07-01
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2022-07-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2022-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2021-08-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2021-08-11
    ➕
    RENNIE, Linda Jane appointed
    director
  22. 2014-07-01
    ➕
    GALT, Andrew Douglas appointed
    director
  23. 1990-08-17
    ➖
    GALT, Allan Douglas resigned
    director
  24. 1988-07-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  25. 1988-03-16
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    Company incorporated
    As GALT TRANSPORT LIMITED
  26. 1988-03-16
    ➕
    GALT, Catherine appointed
    secretary
  27. 1988-03-16
    ➕
    GALT, Catherine appointed
    director
  28. 1988-03-16
    ➕
    GALT, Allan Douglas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GALT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 38 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 38 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Catherine Galt
Individual · British · DOB 06/1947 · age 79
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Allan Douglas Galtceased 02/01/2024· 25-50% shares

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

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7 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
Incorporated1988-03-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Bankend Road
Dumbarton
G82 2RB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

GALT, Catherine→
secretary · appointed 1988-03-16
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Active
GALT, Andrew Douglas→
director · ~43y · appointed 2014-07-01
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Active
GALT, Catherine→
director · ~79y · appointed 1988-03-16
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Active
RENNIE, Linda Jane→
director · ~47y · appointed 2021-08-11
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Active
GALT, Allan Douglas→
director · ~79y · appointed 1988-03-16 · resigned 1990-08-17
Resigned
GALT, Allan Douglas→
director · ~79y · resigned 2024-01-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property15/07/1988—
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Recent filings (99 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2026-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-22
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-04-08
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-04-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-03
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-21