STRANG RECOVERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC438114 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-03

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

38 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	—	£174.3k
Current assets	—	£224.5k
Cash	—	£76.9k
Debtors	—	£147.6k
Net assets	—	£174.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-01
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PETERS, Colin Alexander appointed
director
2026-02-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-01
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STRANG, Gerald appointed
director
2026-02-01
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PETERS, Colin Alexander resigned
director
2026-02-01
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STRANG, Gerald resigned
director
2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-19
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-11-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-27
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accounts · AA
2012-12-03
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Company incorporated
As STRANG RECOVERY LIMITED
2012-12-03
➕
PETERS, Colin Alexander appointed
director
2012-12-03
➕
STRANG, Gerald 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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "STRANG" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: PETERS, Colin Alexander resigned 2026-02-01; STRANG, Gerald resigned 2026-02-01

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gerald Strang Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1963 · age 63	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-12-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

39 Station Road

Netherburn

Larkhall

ML9 3DD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-17

Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PETERS, Colin Alexander→

director · ~81y · appointed 2026-03-01

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Active

STRANG, Gerald→

director · ~63y · appointed 2026-02-01

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Active

PETERS, Colin Alexander→

director · ~81y · appointed 2012-12-03 · resigned 2026-02-01

Resigned

STRANG, Gerald→

director · ~63y · appointed 2012-12-03 · resigned 2026-02-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-03-11

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-03-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-17

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-02-16

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-02-12

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-02-12

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

accounts · AA

2025-09-30

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-07-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-16

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

accounts · AA

2024-09-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-04

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

accounts · AA

2023-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-13

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

accounts · AA

2022-09-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-31