EXPRESS DAIRY LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC758157 · ltd · incorporated 2023-02-08
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 52290Other transportation support activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.
Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.8y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.8 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 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
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-23➖NUNOW, Abdinur Ahmed resigneddirector
- 2025-07-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-15➕CHRYSTAL, Henry Floyd Gordon Archiebald appointeddirector
- 2025-05-13✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2025-05-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-10➕NUNOW, Abdinur Ahmed appointeddirector
- 2025-05-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-05-06🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-02-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-02-05➖KARSHE, Habe Hassan resigneddirector
- 2024-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-nameofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-10➕KARSHE, Habe Hassan appointeddirector
- 2024-11-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-06-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-06-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Skipton Business Finance Limited
- 2024-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-08🏢Company incorporatedAs EXPRESS DAIRY LTD
- 2023-02-08➕ILME, Hanad Hassen appointeddirector
- 2023-02-08📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-05-13: certificate-change-of-name-company
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Hanad Hassen Ilme Individual · Dutch · DOB 11/1982 · age 44 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 08/02/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-02-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road
Registered office
128 Glen Avenue
Larkhall
ML9 1LA
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
CHRYSTAL, Henry Floyd Gordon Archiebald→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2025-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ILME, Hanad Hassen→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2023-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KARSHE, Habe Hassan→
Resigneddirector · ~35y · appointed 2024-11-10 · resigned 2025-02-05
NUNOW, Abdinur Ahmed→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2025-05-10 · resigned 2025-07-23
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
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Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Skipton Business Finance Skipton Business Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/06/2024 | 06/05/2025 |
Recent filings (17 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-29
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-05-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-12
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name
officers · AP01
2024-11-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-13