ABERDEEN TRAILERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC282624 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-04
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.60M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28290
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 49410Freight transport by road
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -52% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 17.4y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,602,791
Cash draining
Cash down 52% YoY
Cash YoY
-52%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£92k
↓ 52% YoY
Net Worth
£1.6m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£553k
↑ 4.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£321k£641k£962k£1.3m£1.6mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.98M£1.96M
Current assets£553.2k£527.4k
Cash£92.0k£190.9k
Debtors£431.3k£306.6k
Net assets£1.60M£1.60M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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  2. 2024-12-16
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  3. 2023-12-19
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  4. 2022-12-21
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  5. 2021-11-25
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  6. 2020-09-25
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  7. 2019-09-26
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  8. 2018-12-04
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  9. 2017-12-19
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  10. 2016-11-23
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  11. 2016-07-09
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  12. 2016-07-06
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  13. 2016-04-21
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  14. 2016-04-14
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  15. 2016-04-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  16. 2015-10-15
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  17. 2015-04-16
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  18. 2013-09-04
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    BROWN, Alison Jane resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-12-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2005-04-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ABERDEEN TRAILERS LIMITED
  21. 2005-04-04
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    MIAZEK, William Jan appointed
    director
  22. 2005-04-04
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    BROWN, Alison Jane appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-04-04
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-04-04
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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  25. 2005-04-04
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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  26. 2005-04-04
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Mr William Jan Miazek
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-04-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC28290 — SIC 28290

Registered office

Crichneyled Croft
St Katherines Fyvie
Turriff
Aberdeenshire
AB53 8QY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MIAZEK, William Jan→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-04-04
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Active
BROWN, Alison Jane→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-04 · resigned 2013-09-04
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-04 · resigned 2005-04-04
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-04-04 · resigned 2005-04-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property06/07/2016—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property13/04/2016—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property11/12/2008—
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Recent filings (59 total)

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2026-03-20
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2026-03-19
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2025-03-11
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2024-12-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
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accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
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accounts · AA
2021-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-13
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2020-09-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-07
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accounts · AA
2019-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-15