TOTAL QUALITY TRANSPORT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC232163 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-29
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees100100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-13
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-10
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-20
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-11-12
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-04-20
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  10. 2018-03-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2018-03-05
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-04-18
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-31
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-02-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2002-05-29
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    Company incorporated
    As TOTAL QUALITY TRANSPORT LIMITED
  16. 2002-05-29
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    BLAIR, Denise appointed
    secretary
  17. 2002-05-29
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    BLAIR, William Frame Sneddon appointed
    director
  18. 2002-05-29
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2002-05-29
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2002-05-29
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2002-05-29
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Frame Sneddon Blair
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/03/2018

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
Incorporated2002-05-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

24 South View
Stenhousemuir
Larbert
Stirlingshire
FK5 3DW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-07
Last: 2025-09-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BLAIR, Denise→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-29
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Active
BLAIR, William Frame Sneddon→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-05-29
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Active
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-29 · resigned 2002-05-29
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-05-29 · resigned 2002-05-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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2025-10-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
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accounts · AA
2025-01-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
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accounts · AA
2023-11-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-29
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accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-02-28