OM CARRIERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC363131 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-27

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£382

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 53201

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -100% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

37 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 £382

Very low cash

Cash position: £2

Cash draining

Cash down 100% YoY

Cash YoY

-100%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2

↓ 100% YoY

Net Worth

£382

↑ 124% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£3.5k	£3.4k
Cash	£2	£2.0k
Net assets	£382	£-1.6k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-04-08
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2025-04-18
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2024-04-19
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2023-04-25
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2022-04-21
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2021-10-13
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gazette · DISS40
2021-10-12
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gazette · GAZ1
2021-03-22
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2020-04-30
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2019-04-19
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2018-04-17
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2017-04-07
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2016-04-28
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2015-07-30
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2009-07-27
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Company incorporated
As OM CARRIERS LIMITED
2009-07-27
➕
HAY, William appointed
director
2009-07-27
➕
STEWART, Hugh appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 74 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 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 William Hay Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence	01/07/2016
Mr Hugh Stewart Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74	25–50%	—	sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2009-07-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC53201 — SIC 53201

Registered office

8 Lintmill Terrace

Neilston

Renfrewshire

G78 3LH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-10

Last: 2025-07-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HAY, William→

director · ~63y · appointed 2009-07-27

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Active

STEWART, Hugh→

director · ~74y · appointed 2009-07-27

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Recent filings (37 total)

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2026-04-08

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-18

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-04-19

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-04-25

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-04-21

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gazette · DISS40

2021-10-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-12

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gazette · GAZ1

2021-10-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-03-22

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-04-30