JMX HAULAGE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC810104 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-10
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.
  • · Lifecycle stage: startup → early
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
  • · Bankability: 70 → 75
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • ·Lifecycle stage: startupearly
  • ·Investment thesis: unclassifiedgrowth_story
  • Bankability: 7075
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
£9.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
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 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.6y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 1.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,678

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£38k
Net Worth
£10k
Current Assets
£116k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£54.4k
Current assets£115.7k
Cash£38.2k
Debtors£77.6k
Net assets£9.7k

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

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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 (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-10
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2024-11-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bibby Commercial Finance Limited
  4. 2024-05-20
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2024-05-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JMX HAULAGE LTD
  6. 2024-05-10
    MCNALLY, John appointed
    director
  7. 2024-05-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 John Mcnally
Individual · British · DOB 11/1986 · age 40
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control10/05/2024

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
Incorporated2024-05-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

39 Drumnessie Court
Cumbernauld
Glasgow
G68 9HG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCNALLY, John
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-05-10
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Bibby Financial Services
Bibby Commercial Finance Limited
A registered charge20/11/2024
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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-05-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-10