GRAEME J WARDROP ( HAULAGE ) LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC561061 · ltd · incorporated 2017-03-21
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.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 2 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · PSC count: 1 → 2
  • · Filings: 24 → 25
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 2 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • ↑PSC count: 1 → 2
  • ↑Filings: 24 → 25
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 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. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees12001100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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3 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
2
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-06-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-04-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-04-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2026-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-02-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-24
    ➕
    WARDROP, Callum Graeme appointed
    director
  12. 2022-01-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-01-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-03-21
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    Company incorporated
    As GRAEME J WARDROP ( HAULAGE ) LTD
  19. 2017-03-21
    ➕
    WARDROP, Graeme John 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 "WARDROP" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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.

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 Graeme John Wardrop
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control21/03/2017
Mr Callum Graeme Wardrop
Individual · British · DOB 01/1997 · age 29
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/03/2024

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
Incorporated2017-03-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Devonburn View Devonburn Road
Lesmahagow
Lanark
ML11 9PX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WARDROP, Callum Graeme→
director · ~29y · appointed 2022-01-24
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Active
WARDROP, Graeme John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2017-03-21
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Active

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Recent filings (26 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04