BR FORKLIFT TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10817669 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-14
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 accountsCash
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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 | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-26✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2021-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-14🏢Company incorporatedAs BR FORKLIFT TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED
- 2017-06-14➕STEVENS, Beverly appointedsecretary
- 2017-06-14➕STEVENS, Beverly appointeddirector
- 2017-06-14➕STEVENS, Ronald appointeddirector
- 2017-06-14📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
81/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Ronald Stevens Individual · English · DOB 10/1961 · age 65 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · firm interest | 14/06/2017 |
Mrs Beverly Stevens Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · trust interest · firm interest | 14/06/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-06-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities
Registered office
30 Eileen Road
Llansamlet
Swansea
SA7 9TR
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-08
Last: 2025-11-24
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
STEVENS, Beverly→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2017-06-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STEVENS, Ronald→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2017-06-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (25 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-12
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21