A & R TAILIFT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04881457 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-29

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

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Average employees	200	200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-04-22
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accounts · AA
2025-05-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-02-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-05-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-17
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annual-return · AR01
2015-11-17
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address · AD01
2003-08-29
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Company incorporated
As A & R TAILIFT SERVICES LIMITED
2003-08-29
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TAVENDER, Rachel appointed
secretary
2003-08-29
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TAVENDER, Alan appointed
director
2003-08-29
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TAVENDER, Rachel appointed
director
2003-08-29
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-08-29
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-08-29
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-08-29
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 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.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Tavender Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence	06/04/2016
Rachel Tavender Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant 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

Incorporated2003-08-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

C/O Easterbrook Eaton Cosmopolitan House

Old Fore Street

Sidmouth

Devon

EX10 8LS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-12

Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TAVENDER, Rachel→

secretary · appointed 2003-08-29

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Active

TAVENDER, Alan→

director · ~70y · appointed 2003-08-29

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Active

TAVENDER, Rachel→

director · ~55y · appointed 2003-08-29

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Active

SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-29 · resigned 2003-08-29

Resigned

CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-29 · resigned 2003-08-29

Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-03

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2024-09-03

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-08-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-05-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-05-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-05-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-04-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-02-26