A J SLAVIN & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC262782 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-02
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
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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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 22.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.2 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: high (83/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-01-312025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees33300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-21
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  4. 2025-01-21
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2025-01-21
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-01-21
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  7. 2025-01-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-01-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2025-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-04-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2004-02-02
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    Company incorporated
    As A J SLAVIN & SONS LIMITED
  19. 2004-02-02
    ➕
    SLAVIN, Helen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-02-02
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    SLAVIN, Alastair Jamieson appointed
    director
  21. 2004-02-02
    ➕
    SLAVIN, Helen appointed
    director
  22. 2004-02-02
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-02-02
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 "SLAVIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — 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 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Alastair Jamieson Slavin
Individual · British · DOB 02/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Mrs Helen Slavin
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2004-02-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Challoch Inn Bridge Of Aldouran
Leswalt
Stranraer
DG9 0LJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SLAVIN, Helen→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-02
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Active
SLAVIN, Alastair Jamieson→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-02-02
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Active
SLAVIN, Helen→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-02-02
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-02 · resigned 2004-02-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property26/04/2004—
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Recent filings (62 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-01-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-01-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-16