AXIS TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED

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SC241448 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-20
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£73.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -37% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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 (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
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 £73,188
Cash YoY
-37%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£109k
↓ 37% YoY
Net Worth
£73k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£479k
↑ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£96k£192k£287k£383k£479kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£73.3k£58.4k
Current assets£479.0k£358.5k
Cash£109.2k£173.6k
Debtors£369.8k£185.0k
Net assets£73.2k£58.3k

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
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-14
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-11-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-12-20
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2014-12-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-11-28
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-11-13
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2014-03-01
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    MCKEOWN, Thomas John appointed
    director
  17. 2004-09-29
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    MCVERRY, Joseph Allan appointed
    director
  18. 2003-01-03
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    WHYTE, Grant resigned
    director
  19. 2002-12-20
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    Company incorporated
    As AXIS TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2002-12-20
    ➕
    MCCARL, William Edward appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-12-20
    ➕
    MCCARL, William Edward appointed
    director
  22. 2002-12-20
    ➕
    MCKEOWN, John Philip appointed
    director
  23. 2002-12-20
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-12-20
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-12-20
    ➕
    WHYTE, Grant appointed
    director
  26. 2002-12-20
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-12-20
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Edward Mccarl
Individual · British · DOB 06/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr John Mckeown
Individual · British · DOB 07/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Thomas Mckeown
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Joseph Mcverry
Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-12-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

29 Brandon Street
Hamilton
South Lanarkshire
ML3 6DA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

MCCARL, William Edward→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCARL, William Edward→
director · ~49y · appointed 2002-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKEOWN, John Philip→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKEOWN, Thomas John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCVERRY, Joseph Allan→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-20 · resigned 2002-12-20
Resigned
WHYTE, Grant→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-12-20 · resigned 2003-01-03
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-20 · resigned 2002-12-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-07