CMH TRANSPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC195532 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-21
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£324.9k
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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.4y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.4 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: 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
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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
89 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 £324,879

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£186k
Net Worth
£325k
↑ 7.0% YoY
Current Assets
£288k
↑ 46% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£65k£130k£195k£260k£325kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£393.7k£520.2k
Current assets£287.6k£196.6k
Cash£185.5k—
Debtors£102.1k—
Net assets£324.9k£303.5k

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
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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  2. 2026-02-10
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  4. 2026-02-10
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  5. 2026-02-10
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  6. 2026-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  7. 2025-06-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-06-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  9. 2025-06-16
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  10. 2025-06-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2025-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  12. 2025-04-16
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  13. 2025-01-23
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  14. 2024-01-24
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-02-10
    ➖
    WWW.FIRSTREGISTRARS.CO.UK LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2022-02-10
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2022-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2004-04-06
    ➕
    WWW.FIRSTREGISTRARS.CO.UK LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2003-03-04
    ➖
    CROSSING REGISTRARS (SCOTLAND) LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2001-12-28
    ➖
    AFM FREDERICK FRASER LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2001-12-05
    ➕
    CROSSING REGISTRARS (SCOTLAND) LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 1999-11-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  26. 1999-04-21
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    Company incorporated
    As CMH TRANSPORT LIMITED
  27. 1999-04-21
    ➕
    HOWAT, Hugh Craig appointed
    director
  28. 1999-04-21
    ➕
    HOWAT, Margaret appointed
    director
  29. 1999-04-21
    ➕
    AFM FREDERICK FRASER LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Margaret Howat
Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Hugh Craig Howat
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-04-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

C/O Dains Accountants
44-46 Bank Street
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA1 1HA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-05
Last: 2025-04-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HOWAT, Hugh Craig→
director · ~57y · appointed 1999-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOWAT, Margaret→
director · ~59y · appointed 1999-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AFM FREDERICK FRASER LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-04-21 · resigned 2001-12-28
Resigned
CROSSING REGISTRARS (SCOTLAND) LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-12-05 · resigned 2003-03-04
Resigned
WWW.FIRSTREGISTRARS.CO.UK LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-04-06 · resigned 2022-02-10
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 property16/11/1999—
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Recent filings (89 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03