RENDALL HAULAGE SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC531106 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-30
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees00

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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  4. 2024-04-01
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  5. 2024-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-04
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2023-03-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2022-12-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-30
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    Company incorporated
    As RENDALL HAULAGE SERVICES LTD
  17. 2016-03-30
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    RENDALL, Robert Luke appointed
    director
  18. 2016-03-30
    ➕
    RENDALL, Robert Keith appointed
    director

Owner dependency

94/100
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 "RENDALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-03-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Breckaskaill
Westray
Orkney
KW17 2DN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

RENDALL, Robert Luke→
director · ~39y · appointed 2016-03-30
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Active
RENDALL, Robert Keith→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-03-30
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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-04-01
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28