505 FREIGHT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06447040 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-06
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£1.10M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
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 £1,103,622

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£901k
Net Worth
£1.1m
Current Assets
£1.3m
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-31
Total assets£1.10M
Current assets£1.31M
Cash£901.4k
Debtors£407.8k
Net assets£1.10M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-02-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-01-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-01-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-05-01
    ➖
    BENTLEY-WOODS, Bailey resigned
    director
  9. 2024-05-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-04-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-01-31
    ➕
    BENTLEY-WOODS, Bailey appointed
    director
  12. 2024-01-31
    ➕
    BENTLEY-WOODS, Bailey appointed
    director
  13. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-11-15
    ➕
    BENTLEY, Kieran Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2007-12-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 505 FREIGHT LIMITED
  21. 2007-12-06
    ➕
    BENTLEY, Penny appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-12-06
    ➕
    BENTLEY, Penny appointed
    director
  23. 2007-12-06
    ➕
    BENTLEY, Peter Denis Paul appointed
    director
  24. 2007-12-06
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2007-12-06
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Denis Paul Bentley
Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/12/2016
Mrs Penny Bentley
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/12/2016

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
Incorporated2007-12-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

13 Vassars Field
Clavering
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB11 4GW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

BENTLEY, Penny→
secretary · appointed 2007-12-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BENTLEY, Kieran Paul→
director · ~49y · appointed 2017-11-15
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Active
BENTLEY, Penny→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-12-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BENTLEY, Peter Denis Paul→
director · ~70y · appointed 2007-12-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BENTLEY-WOODS, Bailey→
director · ~26y · appointed 2024-01-31
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Active
CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-12-06 · resigned 2007-12-06
Resigned
BENTLEY-WOODS, Bailey→
director · ~28y · appointed 2024-01-31 · resigned 2024-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19