A.V. HARRISON (TRANSPORT) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
00432995 · ltd · incorporated 1947-04-12
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£62.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -91% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £62,672
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,515 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 91% YoY
Cash YoY
-91%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↓ 91% YoY
Net Worth
£63k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£56k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£14k£29k£43k£58k£72kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£62.7k£72.2k
Current assets£55.8k—
Cash£6.0k£65.3k
Debtors£49.8k—
Net assets£62.7k£72.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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  2. 2024-09-12
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  3. 2024-08-27
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  4. 2024-05-22
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  5. 2023-09-14
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  6. 2023-01-13
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  7. 2021-12-21
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  8. 2020-09-10
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  9. 2019-08-16
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  10. 2018-08-03
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  11. 2017-08-18
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  12. 2016-08-16
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  13. 2016-01-05
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  14. 2015-08-27
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  15. 2015-01-04
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  16. 2012-03-12
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    PHILLIPS, Peter George resigned
    director
  17. 2000-03-05
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    NEWBOULD, Caroline Mary appointed
    secretary
  18. 2000-03-05
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    PHILLIPS, Peter George appointed
    director
  19. 1999-09-17
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    HARRISON, Gerald Frederick resigned
    secretary
  20. 1999-09-17
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    HARRISON, Gerald Frederick resigned
    director
  21. 1998-06-26
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    NEWBOULD, Caroline Mary appointed
    director
  22. 1998-06-26
    ➕
    HARRISON, Gerald Frederick appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-06-26
    ➖
    HARRISON, Mary resigned
    secretary
  24. 1998-03-26
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    HARRISON, Gerald Frederick resigned
    secretary
  25. 1998-03-26
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    HARRISON, Mary appointed
    secretary
  26. 1998-02-12
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    HARRISON, Mary resigned
    director
  27. 1947-04-12
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    Company incorporated
    As A.V. HARRISON (TRANSPORT) LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 79 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Caroline Mary Newbould
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1947-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Manor House Farm
The Green Finningley
Doncaster
Sth Yorkshire
DN9 3BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-10
Last: 2025-12-27

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

NEWBOULD, Caroline Mary→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEWBOULD, Caroline Mary→
director · ~61y · appointed 1998-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, Gerald Frederick→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-26 · resigned 1999-09-17
Resigned
HARRISON, Gerald Frederick→
secretary · resigned 1998-03-26
Resigned
HARRISON, Mary→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-26 · resigned 1998-06-26
Resigned
HARRISON, Gerald Frederick→
director · ~83y · resigned 1999-09-17
Resigned
HARRISON, Mary→
director · ~116y · resigned 1998-02-12
Resigned
PHILLIPS, Peter George→
director · ~84y · appointed 2000-03-05 · resigned 2012-03-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

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2026-02-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-27