CURRIE HAULAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC217416 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-28

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 23.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£3.1k

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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · oldest 23.7y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 23.7 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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,089

Net assets shrinking

Down £14,485 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3k

↓ 82% YoY

Current Assets

£231k

↑ 7.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£197.5k	£256.5k
Current assets	£230.9k	£215.7k
Net assets	£3.1k	£17.6k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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2024-10-23
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2023-12-15
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2022-11-21
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2021-10-21
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2020-12-01
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2019-10-29
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2018-11-05
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2017-11-23
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2016-10-24
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2016-03-30
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2015-11-26
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accounts · AA
2015-03-30
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2014-12-16
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2014-04-02
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2010-04-01
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CURRIE, Anita appointed
director
2006-01-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2002-08-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2001-03-28
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Company incorporated
As CURRIE HAULAGE LIMITED
2001-03-28
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CURRIE, Anita appointed
secretary
2001-03-28
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CURRIE, Paul appointed
director
2001-03-28
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-03-28
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-03-28
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-03-28
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CURRIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Anita Currie Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/06/2016
Mr Paul Currie Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/06/2016

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

Incorporated2001-03-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

37 Brennan Crescent

Airdrie

Lanarkshire

ML6 9HU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-20

Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CURRIE, Anita→

secretary · appointed 2001-03-28

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Active

CURRIE, Anita→

director · ~59y · appointed 2010-04-01

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Active

CURRIE, Paul→

director · ~62y · appointed 2001-03-28

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-28 · resigned 2001-03-28

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-28 · resigned 2001-03-28

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	11/01/2006	—
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	09/08/2002	—

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