G R MCLUSKEY & SON TRANSPORT LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC656697 · ltd · incorporated 2020-03-06
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-03-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2020-03-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-03-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As G R MCLUSKEY & SON TRANSPORT LIMITED
  13. 2020-03-06
    ➕
    MCLUSKEY, Diane appointed
    director
  14. 2020-03-06
    ➕
    MCLUSKEY, Gary appointed
    director
  15. 2020-03-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCLUSKEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr Gary Mcluskey
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/03/2020
Mrs Diane Mcluskey
Individual · British · DOB 09/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/03/2020

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
Incorporated2020-03-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

East Lea
Spittalfield
Perth
PH1 4JX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCLUSKEY, Diane→
director · ~54y · appointed 2020-03-06
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Active
MCLUSKEY, Gary→
director · ~65y · appointed 2020-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (18 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-12-02