A J PRYDE (HAULAGE) LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC339888 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-19

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£38.5k

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

47 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £38,482

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£38k

↑ 23% YoY

Current Assets

£197k

↓ 1.5% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£38.5k	£31.2k
Current assets	£197.5k	£200.5k
Net assets	£38.5k	£31.2k

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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

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2008-03-19
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Company incorporated
As A J PRYDE (HAULAGE) LTD.
2008-03-19
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PRYDE, Norma appointed
secretary
2008-03-19
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PRYDE, Alexander John appointed
director
2008-03-19
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PRYDE, Norma appointed
director
2008-03-19
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-03-19
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-03-19
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2008-03-19
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-director

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 "PRYDE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Alexander John Pryde Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	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

Incorporated2008-03-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

3 Sauchie Terrace

Crieff

PH7 4EH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-02

Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PRYDE, Norma→

secretary · appointed 2008-03-19

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Active

PRYDE, Alexander John→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-03-19

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Active

PRYDE, Norma→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-03-19

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-19 · resigned 2008-03-19

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-19 · resigned 2008-03-19

Resigned

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