SCOTLEE HAULAGE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC553336 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-23
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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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 employees0—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-01-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-01-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-23
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    Company incorporated
    As SCOTLEE HAULAGE LIMITED
  15. 2016-12-23
    ➕
    LEESON, James Flannigan appointed
    director
  16. 2016-12-23
    ➕
    LEESON, Kirsty Helen appointed
    director
  17. 2016-12-23
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Flannigan Leeson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/12/2016
Miss Kirsty Helen Leeson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1986 · age 40
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/12/2016

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
Incorporated2016-12-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

30 Miller Road
Ayr
KA7 2AY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LEESON, James Flannigan→
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-12-23
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Active
LEESON, Kirsty Helen→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-12-23
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Active

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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-06