ALBATRANS (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC250946 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-11

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£3.84M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other transportation support activities

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.5y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 17.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

86 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 £3,839,021

Net assets shrinking

Down £427,880 YoY

Cash YoY

-17%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3.1m

↓ 17% YoY

Net Worth

£3.8m

↓ 10% YoY

Current Assets

£6.6m

↓ 4.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£3.84M	£4.27M
Current assets	£6.56M	£6.88M
Cash	£3.09M	£3.71M
Debtors	£3.46M	£3.16M
Net assets	£3.84M	£4.27M

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-04-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
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officers · AP01
2025-12-16
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GILCHRIST, Alan Neilson appointed
director
2025-12-16
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MCCULLOCH, Stuart appointed
director
2025-12-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-01-10
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address · AD01
2025-01-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-06-22
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-05-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-06-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-04-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-10-20
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MELE, Mario appointed
director
2016-10-20
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GINEPRO, Franco resigned
director
2008-11-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
2004-06-03
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CRAWFORD, Ronald appointed
secretary
2004-06-03
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CHIARELLI, Giovanni appointed
director
2004-06-03
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GINEPRO, Franco appointed
director
2004-05-28
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MACROBERTS - (FIRM) resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-04-16
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CRAWFORD, Ronald appointed
director
2004-04-16
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MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2003-06-11
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Company incorporated
As ALBATRANS (UK) LIMITED
2003-06-11
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MACROBERTS - (FIRM) appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-06-11
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MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

Albatrans S P A is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Albatrans S P A

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ALBATRANS (UK) LIMITED

This company · SC250946

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Albatrans S P A Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Ron Crawfordceased 12/01/2023· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2003-06-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities

Registered office

112 West George Street

Glasgow

G2 1PS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-25

Last: 2025-06-11