WILSON STEVEN TRANSPORT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC389469 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-25
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
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
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.0y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
43 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

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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees600700

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-26
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2022-01-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2021-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-03
    ➖
    STEVEN, Liana June resigned
    director
  11. 2021-03-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-03-29
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2011-06-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2010-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As WILSON STEVEN TRANSPORT LIMITED
  20. 2010-11-25
    ➕
    STEVEN, Iain Johnston appointed
    director
  21. 2010-11-25
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2010-11-25
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2010-11-25
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  24. 2010-11-25
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director
  25. 2010-11-25
    ➕
    STEVEN, Liana June appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "STEVEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Iain Johnston Steven
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Liana June Stevenceased 03/03/2021· 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
Incorporated2010-11-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Wester Dura
Cupar
Fife
KY15 5SY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

STEVEN, Iain Johnston→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-11-25 · resigned 2010-11-25
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-11-25 · resigned 2010-11-25
Resigned
STEVEN, Liana June→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-11-25 · resigned 2021-03-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property08/06/201126/01/2022

Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04