ALBION FORK LIFTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03969757 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-11
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 16.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£395.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.9y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
91 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £395,007
Cash YoY
+8%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£80k
↑ 8.4% YoY
Net Worth
£395k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£515k
↑ 6.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £420.5k | £423.4k |
| Current assets | £515.1k | £485.5k |
| Cash | £79.6k | £73.4k |
| Debtors | £123.2k | £125.8k |
| Net assets | £395.0k | £392.6k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-04-28🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-09-17🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2025-03-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-03-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-01-30➖LEYLAND, David George resigneddirector
- 2022-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-04🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2012-03-05➕CLARK, Ben appointeddirector
- 2009-09-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Ing Lease (UK) LTD
- 2002-02-08➕LEYLAND, David George appointeddirector
- 2001-12-23➖SHORES, David Neville Waite resigneddirector
- 2000-04-26➕SHORES, David Neville Waite appointeddirector
- 2000-04-19➕CLARK, Glenys appointedsecretary
- 2000-04-19➕CLARK, Allan Charles appointeddirector
- 2000-04-19➖LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-04-19➖LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2000-04-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ALBION FORK LIFTS LIMITED
- 2000-04-11➕LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-04-11➕LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ben Clark Individual · British · DOB 03/1977 · age 49 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 01/05/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Glenys Clarkceased 28/02/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Allan Charles Clarkceased 28/02/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 10 Cogdean Elms Industrial Estate
Corfe Mullen
Wimborne
Dorset
BH21 3EG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-25
Last: 2026-04-11
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
Active
CLARK, Allan Charles→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2000-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-11 · resigned 2000-04-19
LEYLAND, David George→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2002-02-08 · resigned 2023-01-30
SHORES, David Neville Waite→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · appointed 2000-04-26 · resigned 2001-12-23
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-11 · resigned 2000-04-19
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/04/2026 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 17/09/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | Ing Lease (UK) Ing Lease (UK) LTD | Long term licence to sub-let (with security) | 1 property | 11/09/2009 | 04/03/2016 |
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Recent filings (91 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-13