JOE RUSSELL INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC245448 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-11

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	400	400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-03-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-14
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-04-14
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-10
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2018-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2012-03-16
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ROSIE, David Andrew appointed
director
2012-03-16
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RUSSELL, Joseph resigned
director
2009-11-09
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COOK, Yvonne appointed
secretary
2009-11-09
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BAJRAMI, Nadia resigned
secretary
2007-07-10
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COOK, James Cowe appointed
director
2007-03-14
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BAJRAMI, Nadia appointed
secretary
2007-03-14
➖
J.M.SIMPSON & CO resigned
corporate-secretary
2003-03-11
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Company incorporated
As JOE RUSSELL INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT LTD.
2003-03-11
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-11
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-11
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J.M.SIMPSON & CO appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-03-11
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RUSSELL, Joseph appointed
director
2003-03-11
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-03-11
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mr James Cowe Cook Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr David Andrew Rosie Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-03-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Unit 1 Coldingham Road

Industrial Estate

Eyemouth

TD14 5AN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-27

Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

COOK, Yvonne→

secretary · appointed 2009-11-09

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Active

COOK, James Cowe→

director · ~71y · appointed 2007-07-10

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Active

ROSIE, David Andrew→

director · ~59y · appointed 2012-03-16

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Active

BAJRAMI, Nadia→

secretary · appointed 2007-03-14 · resigned 2009-11-09

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-11 · resigned 2003-03-11

Resigned

J.M.SIMPSON & CO→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-03-11 · resigned 2007-03-14

Resigned

RUSSELL, Joseph→

director · ~79y · appointed 2003-03-11 · resigned 2012-03-16

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-11 · resigned 2003-03-11

Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-13

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-03-13

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-09-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-07-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-06-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-04

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-04-14

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2023-04-14

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-04-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-12-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-11