BORDER TACHOGRAPH SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02112340 · ltd · incorporated 1987-03-19
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 52290Other transportation support activities
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
  • 62090Other information technology service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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 (73/100).

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, 4 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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
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
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£0£15k£30k£45k£61k£76kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets—£71.1k
Current assets—£75.6k
Net assets—£71.1k
Average employees100—

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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-02
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  2. 2024-08-14
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  3. 2023-10-24
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  4. 2023-09-15
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  5. 2022-06-07
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  6. 2021-08-31
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  7. 2020-05-11
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  8. 2019-09-16
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  9. 2018-05-24
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  10. 2017-06-01
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  11. 2016-06-06
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  12. 2016-01-06
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  13. 2016-01-06
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  14. 2016-01-06
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    officers · TM02
  15. 2015-12-21
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    ROBERTSON, Fraser Antony appointed
    secretary
  16. 2015-12-21
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    ROBERTSON, Helen Mary resigned
    secretary
  17. 2015-06-25
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  18. 2005-05-18
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    ROBERTSON, Helen Mary appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-05-18
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    WILLIAMS, David Ray resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-05-18
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    JONES, David Paul resigned
    director
  21. 2005-05-18
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    JONES, David Gwynne resigned
    director
  22. 2005-05-18
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    WILLIAMS, David Ray resigned
    director
  23. 1987-03-19
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    Company incorporated
    As BORDER TACHOGRAPH SERVICES LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Fraser Antony Robertson
Individual · Welsh · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/12/2016

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
Incorporated1987-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

Plas Yn Coed
Llandegla
Wrexham
Denbighshire
LL11 3AL
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Fraser Antony→
secretary · appointed 2015-12-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Fraser Antony→
director · ~70y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Helen Mary→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-18 · resigned 2015-12-21
Resigned
WILLIAMS, David Ray→
secretary · resigned 2005-05-18
Resigned
JONES, David Paul→
director · ~72y · resigned 2005-05-18
Resigned
JONES, David Gwynne→
director · ~94y · resigned 2005-05-18
Resigned
WILLIAMS, David Ray→
director · ~71y · resigned 2005-05-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (100 total)

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2025-12-10
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2025-07-02
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2024-12-27
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2024-08-14
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2024-01-02
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accounts · AA
2023-10-24
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address · AD01
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
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accounts · AA
2022-06-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-01
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accounts · AA
2021-08-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09
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2020-05-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-02
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accounts · AA
2019-09-16