EAGLE COURIERS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC292831 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-07
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒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
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 53201
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 61). 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 (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.3y

80/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,024,122

Key financials

2 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£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Profit before tax£1.02M—
Average employees—0

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 (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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  2. 2024-11-19
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  3. 2024-02-29
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  4. 2023-12-12
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    capital · SH06
  5. 2023-11-14
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  6. 2023-11-08
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2023-05-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-03-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-03-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  11. 2022-02-28
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  12. 2021-03-21
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  13. 2021-02-09
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    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2021-02-09
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    Charge satisfied #2
  15. 2021-01-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2020-09-23
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    capital · SH06
  17. 2020-09-23
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    capital · SH03
  18. 2020-01-30
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  19. 2019-07-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2019-06-21
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    STEWART, Jerry Brown resigned
    secretary
  21. 2019-06-21
    ➖
    STEWART, Jerry Brown resigned
    director
  22. 2016-12-01
    ➖
    DEAS, Fiona Lindsay resigned
    secretary
  23. 2016-12-01
    ➕
    STEWART, Jerry Brown appointed
    secretary
  24. 2014-08-25
    ➖
    MACPHERSON, Graham resigned
    director
  25. 2012-02-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 2012-01-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  27. 2006-02-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  28. 2005-11-10
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    DEAS, Fiona Lindsay appointed
    director
  29. 2005-11-10
    ➕
    DEAS, Fiona Lindsay appointed
    secretary
  30. 2005-11-10
    ➖
    SF SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2005-11-10
    ➕
    MACPHERSON, Graham appointed
    director
  32. 2005-11-10
    ➕
    STEWART, Jerry Brown appointed
    director
  33. 2005-11-10
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    SF SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 2005-11-07
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    Company incorporated
    As EAGLE COURIERS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  35. 2005-11-07
    ➕
    SF SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  36. 2005-11-07
    ➕
    SF SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — 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 61. 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Ms Fiona Lindsay Deas
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jerry Brown Stewartceased 21/06/2019· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-11-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC53201 — SIC 53201

Registered office

2 Inchmuir Road
Whitehill Industrial Estate
Bathgate
EH48 2EP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

DEAS, Fiona Lindsay→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEAS, Fiona Lindsay→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-10 · resigned 2016-12-01
Resigned
STEWART, Jerry Brown→
secretary · appointed 2016-12-01 · resigned 2019-06-21
Resigned
SF SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-11-07 · resigned 2005-11-10
Resigned
MACPHERSON, Graham→
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-11-10 · resigned 2014-08-25
Resigned
STEWART, Jerry Brown→
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-11-10 · resigned 2019-06-21
Resigned
SF SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-07 · resigned 2005-11-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property06/01/201209/02/2021
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property01/02/200611/02/2012

Recent filings (100 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-11-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28