TELFORD'S COACHES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC238666 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-25
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.22M
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49319
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,220,469
Cash YoY
-1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.6m
~ YoY
Net Worth
£3.2m
↑ 9.1% YoY
Current Assets
£2.9m
↑ 7.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£644k£1.3m£1.9m£2.6m£3.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3.46M£3.13M
Current assets£2.93M£2.74M
Cash£2.64M£2.66M
Debtors£292.6k£80.0k
Net assets£3.22M£2.95M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-11-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-18
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    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-11-18
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-11-18
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  6. 2025-09-24
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  7. 2024-11-12
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-14
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  9. 2022-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-09
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-10-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-10-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2020-10-20
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    address · AD01
  15. 2020-10-20
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    address · AD01
  16. 2019-11-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-11-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2019-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-12-12
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    TELFORD, Alistair Sholto appointed
    secretary
  20. 2018-12-12
    ➕
    TELFORD, Adrienne Lunn appointed
    director
  21. 2018-12-12
    ➖
    TELFORD, Doreen Sewell resigned
    secretary
  22. 2002-10-25
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    Company incorporated
    As TELFORD'S COACHES LIMITED
  23. 2002-10-25
    ➕
    TELFORD, Alistair Sholto appointed
    director
  24. 2002-10-25
    ➕
    TELFORD, Doreen Sewell appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-10-25
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-10-25
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-10-25
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2002-10-25
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2002-10-25
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2002-10-25
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 "TELFORD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alistair Sholto Telford
Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting25/10/2016
Mrs Adrienne Lunn Telford
Individual · British · DOB 09/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/12/2018

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
Incorporated2002-10-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49319 — SIC 49319

Registered office

Coach Depot
Tweeden Brae
Newcastleton
TD9 0QA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

TELFORD, Alistair Sholto→
secretary · appointed 2018-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TELFORD, Adrienne Lunn→
director · ~52y · appointed 2018-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TELFORD, Alistair Sholto→
director · ~56y · appointed 2002-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TELFORD, Doreen Sewell→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2018-12-12
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2002-10-25
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2002-10-25
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2002-10-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-11-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-25