CENTRAL BELT LOGISTICS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
14743702 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-20
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
65/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 65/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
65/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
66
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£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

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-28
    VALAITIS, Peter resigned
    director
  2. 2025-05-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-05-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-05-28
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2025-05-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-05-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2025-05-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-05-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-05-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2025-05-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2025-05-27
    ALDRED, Thomas Scott appointed
    director
  12. 2025-05-27
    THORNTON, Nuala Martine resigned
    director
  13. 2025-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2025-04-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2025-04-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2025-04-14
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2025-04-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2025-03-20
    THORNTON, Nuala Martine appointed
    director
  19. 2024-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2023-03-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CENTRAL BELT LOGISTICS LIMITED
  21. 2023-03-20
    VALAITIS, Peter appointed
    director
  22. 2023-03-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

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

2 med · 1 low
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: THORNTON, Nuala Martine resigned 2025-05-27; VALAITIS, Peter resigned 2025-05-28

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-05-28: certificate-change-of-name-company

Multiple registered office changes
low

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Scott Aldred
Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/05/2025
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Cfs Secretaries Limitedceased 27/05/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mrs Nuala Martine Thorntonceased 27/05/2025· significant influence
  • Mr Peter Valaitisceased 28/05/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2023-03-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick Upon Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-10
Last: 2025-05-27

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

ALDRED, Thomas Scott
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-05-27
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Active
THORNTON, Nuala Martine
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-03-20 · resigned 2025-05-27
Resigned
VALAITIS, Peter
director · ~76y · appointed 2023-03-20 · resigned 2025-05-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-14