CARSON LIFTING & TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC030363 · ltd · incorporated 1954-10-26

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£174.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 44.9y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 44.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (1 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

139 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review 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 £174,278

Net assets shrinking

Down £13,783 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 42% YoY

Cash YoY

-42%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£67k

↓ 42% YoY

Net Worth

£174k

↓ 7.3% YoY

Current Assets

£258k

↓ 20% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£567.7k	£732.3k
Current assets	£258.0k	£324.2k
Cash	£66.5k	£115.0k
Debtors	£191.5k	£209.3k
Net assets	£174.3k	£188.1k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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address · AD01
2025-12-10
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officers · TM01
2025-12-10
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officers · TM01
2025-12-10
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officers · AP01
2025-12-08
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ANDERSON, Derek John appointed
director
2025-12-08
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CARDIFF, Douglas James resigned
director
2025-12-08
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MORRISON, John resigned
director
2025-12-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-12-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-27
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accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
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accounts · AA
2019-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-11
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accounts · AA
2018-10-29
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2018-10-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2015-03-24
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Charge satisfied #9
2015-03-24
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Charge satisfied #6
2012-02-13
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Charge satisfied #8
2012-01-18
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CARDIFF, Douglas James resigned
secretary
2011-12-30
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Charge satisfied #7
2011-12-30
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Charge satisfied #3
2011-12-08
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Aldermore Invoice Finance
2011-09-29
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CARDIFF, Brian Alexander resigned
director
2008-12-17
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2006-12-08
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Charge registered #7
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2006-02-06
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MORRISON, John appointed
director
2002-04-01
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CARDIFF, Douglas James appointed
secretary
2002-03-30
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ROBERTSON, Robert resigned
secretary
2002-03-30
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ROBERTSON, Robert resigned
director
1998-01-07
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CARDIFF, Brian Alexander appointed
director
1998-01-07
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CARDIFF, Douglas James appointed
director
1998-01-07
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CARDIFF, James Hawthorne resigned
director
1991-08-08
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CARDIFF, James Hawthorne resigned
secretary
1991-08-08
➕
ROBERTSON, Robert appointed
secretary
1991-04-10
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STAMPER, James Michael resigned
director
1991-04-10
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STAMPER, John William Armstrong resigned
director
1988-12-19
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Charge satisfied #2
1988-12-19
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Charge satisfied #1
1988-12-16
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Charge registered #6
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1988-05-06
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1986-04-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1981-07-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1954-10-26
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Company incorporated
As CARSON LIFTING & TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LIMITED

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 ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: CARDIFF, Douglas James resigned 2025-12-08; MORRISON, John resigned 2025-12-08

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Project Vector Newco Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Project Vector Newco Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CARSON LIFTING & TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LIMITED

This company · SC030363

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Project Vector Newco Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	28/11/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Carson Lts Group Limitedceased 28/11/2025· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1954-10-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

16 Bissets, 3rd Floor 16 Gordon Street

Glasgow

G1 3PT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-02

Last: 2026-01-19

Officers (1 active · 10 resigned)

ANDERSON, Derek John→

director · ~56y · appointed 2025-12-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CARDIFF, Douglas James→

secretary · appointed 2002-04-01 · resigned 2012-01-18

Resigned

CARDIFF, James Hawthorne→

secretary · resigned 1991-08-08

Resigned

ROBERTSON, Robert→

secretary · appointed 1991-08-08 · resigned 2002-03-30

Resigned

CARDIFF, Brian Alexander→

director · ~71y · appointed 1998-01-07 · resigned 2011-09-29

Resigned

CARDIFF, Douglas James→

director · ~62y · appointed 1998-01-07 · resigned 2025-12-08

Resigned

CARDIFF, James Hawthorne→

director · ~97y · resigned 1998-01-07

Resigned

MORRISON, John→

director · ~63y · appointed 2006-02-06 · resigned 2025-12-08

Resigned

ROBERTSON, Robert→

director · ~90y · resigned 2002-03-30

Resigned

STAMPER, James Michael→

director · resigned 1991-04-10

Resigned

STAMPER, John William Armstrong→

director · resigned 1991-04-10

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Aldermore Aldermore Invoice Finance	Floating charge	1 property	08/12/2011	24/03/2015
satisfied	NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited	Floating charge	1 property	17/12/2008	13/02/2012
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	08/12/2006	30/12/2011
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	16/12/1988	24/03/2015
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	06/05/1988	30/12/2011
satisfied	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	28/04/1986	19/12/1988
satisfied	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Standard security	1 property	20/07/1981	19/12/1988

Recent filings (139 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-05

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-12-10

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-12-10

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-12-10

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-12-10

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2025-12-04

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-12-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-11-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-12-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-12-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-31