ARTISON FORKLIFTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
05902824 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-10
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-01-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-01-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2023-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-01-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2020-01-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-08-14
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    WILLIAMS, Nicola Anne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-08-14
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    WILLIAMS, Andrew appointed
    director
  19. 2006-08-14
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Roger Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 2006-08-11
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-08-11
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2006-08-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTISON FORKLIFTS LTD
  23. 2006-08-10
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-08-10
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Williams
Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest10/08/2016

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
Incorporated2006-08-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Coronation Works
Providence Street Lye
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY9 8HN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-24
Last: 2025-08-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Nicola Anne→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-14
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Active
WILLIAMS, Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-08-14
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Active
WILLIAMS, Roger Anthony→
director · ~89y · appointed 2006-08-14
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-08-10 · resigned 2006-08-11
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-08-10 · resigned 2006-08-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-26
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-14