A M TRANSPORT (CAMPBELTOWN) LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC355750 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-27
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£827.4k
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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 15.3y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 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 £827,374
Cash YoY
+214%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£357k
↑ 214% YoY
Net Worth
£827k
↑ 60% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
↑ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£256k£513k£769k£1.0m£1.3mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.99M£1.28M
Current assets£1.28M£900.3k
Cash£357.2k£113.6k
Debtors£925.0k£786.7k
Net assets£827.4k£517.2k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-15
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  3. 2023-08-23
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  4. 2022-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-05
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    MCILROY, Ewan resigned
    director
  6. 2022-01-05
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    MCMILLAN, Stuart Calum resigned
    director
  7. 2022-01-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-01-05
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-11-19
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  10. 2020-12-10
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-04
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    mortgage · 466(Scot)
  13. 2019-02-28
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  14. 2018-12-19
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  15. 2018-12-19
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2018-12-14
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Close Invoice Finance Limited
  17. 2018-11-28
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    mortgage · MR04
  18. 2018-11-28
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    Charge satisfied #2
  19. 2017-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-06-02
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    officers · AP01
  21. 2017-06-01
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    MCILROY, Ewan appointed
    director
  22. 2017-05-08
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  23. 2013-07-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  24. 2013-01-31
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    MCMILLAN, Stuart Calum appointed
    director
  25. 2011-01-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2009-02-27
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    Company incorporated
    As A M TRANSPORT (CAMPBELTOWN) LTD.
  27. 2009-02-27
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    MCMILLAN, Archibald Graham appointed
    director
  28. 2009-02-27
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    MCMILLAN, Mhairi Mccallum appointed
    director
  29. 2009-02-27
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  30. 2009-02-27
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    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 17 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

79/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Mhairi Mccallum Mcmillan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Archie Graham Mcmillan
Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-02-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Building 120a Machrihanish Airbase
Machrihanish
Campbeltown
Argyll
PA28 6NU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MCMILLAN, Archibald Graham→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCMILLAN, Mhairi Mccallum→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-02-27 · resigned 2009-02-27
Resigned
MCILROY, Ewan→
director · ~44y · appointed 2017-06-01 · resigned 2022-01-05
Resigned
MCMILLAN, Stuart Calum→
director · ~42y · appointed 2013-01-31 · resigned 2022-01-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Close Invoice Finance
Close Invoice Finance Limited
A registered charge—14/12/2018—
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
A registered charge1 property08/05/2017—
satisfied
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property22/07/201328/11/2018
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property07/01/2011—
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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
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officers · TM01
2022-01-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-03