AML HAULAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC520747 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-19
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 9.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees10001100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-15
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-10
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-05-10
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-05-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-05-04
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    LETHARDY, Fraser Andrew appointed
    director
  8. 2023-05-04
    ➕
    LETHARDY, John James appointed
    director
  9. 2023-05-04
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    LETHARDY, Stephen Mackenzie appointed
    director
  10. 2022-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-27
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    capital · SH08
  12. 2021-11-15
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    address · AD01
  13. 2021-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-06-12
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    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2020-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-12-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2016-11-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2015-11-19
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    Company incorporated
    As AML HAULAGE LIMITED
  21. 2015-11-19
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    LETHARDY, Andrew Mackenzie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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
Mr Andrew Mackenzie Lethardy
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-11-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

51 Newall Terrace
Dumfries
DG1 1LN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last: 2025-12-13

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

LETHARDY, Andrew Mackenzie→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-11-19
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Active
LETHARDY, Fraser Andrew→
director · ~28y · appointed 2023-05-04
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Active
LETHARDY, John James→
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-05-04
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Active
LETHARDY, Stephen Mackenzie→
director · ~37y · appointed 2023-05-04
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
part-satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property02/12/2016—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—18/11/2016—
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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-26