FERGUSON FREIGHT HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC317804 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-06

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 13.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

50200SIC 50200

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.1y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 13.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 4 persons-with-significant-control

Last 90 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 4 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 4 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2007-04-25
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MACKINNON, Caroline Anne appointed
secretary
2007-04-25
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FERGUSON, Alasdair John appointed
director
2007-04-25
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FERGUSON, John Campbell appointed
director
2007-04-25
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INNES, Leslie Fiona appointed
director
2007-04-25
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MACKINNON, Caroline Anne appointed
director
2007-04-25
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MACPHEE & PARTNERS resigned
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2007-04-25
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MACPHEE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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2007-03-06
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Company incorporated
As FERGUSON FREIGHT HOLDINGS LIMITED
2007-03-06
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MACPHEE & PARTNERS appointed
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MACPHEE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FERGUSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alasdair John Ferguson Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Leslie Fiona Innes Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr John Campbell Ferguson Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Caroline Anne Mackinnon Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-03-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Integrated Freight Facility .

Annat

Corpach

Inverness-Shire

PH33 7NN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-17

Last: 2026-03-03