ATLANTIS FORWARDING HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06433407 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-21

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 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 (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Average employees	0	200

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-02-26
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gazette · DISS40
2026-02-25
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accounts · AA
2026-02-24
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gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-23
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accounts · AA
2024-06-28
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address · AD01
2024-02-21
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accounts · AA
2022-12-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-18
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accounts · AA
2018-10-01
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accounts · AA
2018-08-24
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officers · TM02
2018-08-24
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officers · TM01
2018-08-24
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officers · TM01
2017-11-30
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LAW, Carol Ann resigned
secretary
2017-11-30
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LAW, Carol Ann resigned
director
2017-11-30
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LAW, Stuart resigned
director
2017-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2007-12-01
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GRAY, Gail appointed
director
2007-12-01
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LAW, Carol Ann appointed
director
2007-12-01
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LAW, Stuart appointed
director
2007-11-21
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Company incorporated
As ATLANTIS FORWARDING HOLDINGS LIMITED
2007-11-21
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HIGGINS, John Graham appointed
director
2007-11-21
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LAW, Carol Ann appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

83/100

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

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 75 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 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Graham Higgins Individual · British · DOB 09/1951 · age 75	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Andrew Higginsceased 15/03/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2007-11-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Atlantis Forwarding Ltd Unit 6 Treefield Ind Estate

Geldered Road, Gildersome

Leeds

LS27 7JU

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-14

Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GRAY, Gail→

director · ~70y · appointed 2007-12-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HIGGINS, John Graham→

director · ~75y · appointed 2007-11-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LAW, Carol Ann→

secretary · appointed 2007-11-21 · resigned 2017-11-30

Resigned

LAW, Carol Ann→

director · ~78y · appointed 2007-12-01 · resigned 2017-11-30

Resigned

LAW, Stuart→

director · ~78y · appointed 2007-12-01 · resigned 2017-11-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-06-19

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gazette · DISS40

2026-02-26

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

accounts · AA

2026-02-25

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gazette · GAZ1

2026-02-24

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

accounts · AA

2024-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-16

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

address · AD01

2024-06-28

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

accounts · AA

2024-02-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-06

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-20

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2022-12-20

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

accounts · AA

2022-11-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-13

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

accounts · AA

2021-11-30

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

accounts · AA

2021-02-26