A WILLIAMSON HAULAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC306338 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-04
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£1.27M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.5y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
61 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 £1,274,729
Cash YoY
+71%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£370k
↑ 71% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 4.7% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 3.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£255k£510k£765k£1.0m£1.3mAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£1.95M£2.01M
Current assets£1.08M£1.04M
Cash£370.1k£216.0k
Debtors£708.8k£823.4k
Net assets£1.27M£1.22M

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
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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-22
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  3. 2024-12-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-12-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-12-16
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    CARMICHAEL, Veronica appointed
    director
  7. 2024-12-05
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    CARMICHAEL, Colin resigned
    director
  8. 2024-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2019-03-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-11-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2018-11-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2018-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2009-07-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2007-12-07
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    CARMICHAEL, Emma Louise appointed
    director
  21. 2006-10-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  22. 2006-08-04
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    Company incorporated
    As A WILLIAMSON HAULAGE LIMITED
  23. 2006-08-04
    ➕
    NEIL NISBET & CO appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2006-08-04
    ➕
    ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-08-04
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    ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2006-08-04
    ➕
    CARMICHAEL, Colin appointed
    director
  27. 2006-08-04
    ➕
    ACS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2006-08-04
    ➖
    ACS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

A Williamson Haulage Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A Williamson Haulage Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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A WILLIAMSON HAULAGE LIMITED
This company · SC306338

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
A Williamson Haulage Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares28/02/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Thain Investments Limitedceased 28/02/2019· 75-100% shares
  • C & V Carmichael Limitedceased 28/08/2018· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2006-08-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Thain House
226 Queensferry Road
Edinburgh
EH4 2BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-18
Last: 2025-08-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

NEIL NISBET & CO→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARMICHAEL, Emma Louise→
director · ~45y · appointed 2007-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARMICHAEL, Veronica→
director · ~78y · appointed 2024-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-08-04 · resigned 2006-08-04
Resigned
CARMICHAEL, Colin→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-08-04 · resigned 2024-12-05
Resigned
ACS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-08-04 · resigned 2006-08-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property30/07/2009—
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Floating charge1 property18/10/2006—
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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-31
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-12-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-02