COLLIER HAULAGE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC300061 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-31
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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: medium (77/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees373600

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-12
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  14. 2016-12-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2016-12-08
    ➕
    WHYTE, Chris appointed
    secretary
  16. 2016-12-08
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    COLLIER, Wilma resigned
    secretary
  17. 2016-04-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2006-03-31
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    Company incorporated
    As COLLIER HAULAGE LIMITED
  19. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    COLLIER, Duncan appointed
    director
  20. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    COLLIER, Wilma appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-03-31
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-03-31
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-03-31
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-03-31
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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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COLLIER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Duncan Collier
Individual · British · DOB 03/1978 · age 48
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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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-03-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Goathill Quarry
Easter Bucklybie
Cowdenbeath
Fife
KY4 8ES

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WHYTE, Chris→
secretary · appointed 2016-12-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLIER, Duncan→
director · ~48y · appointed 2006-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLIER, Wilma→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2016-12-08
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-03-31
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-07