ACKEE TREE UK SERVICES LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16268307 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-21
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 Feb 2026
Net worth
£6.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,368

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
Net Worth
£6k
Current Assets
£6k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-02-28
Total assets£6.4k
Current assets£6.4k
Cash£3.5k
Debtors£2.9k
Net assets£6.4k

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
9
filings
  • 5 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
9
filings
  • 5 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
    TAYLOR, Everton Belford appointed
    director
  2. 2026-05-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-05-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-05-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-05-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2026-05-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2026-05-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2026-04-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2026-04-27
    TAYLOR, Everton Belford appointed
    director
  10. 2026-04-27
    TAYLOR, Everton Belford resigned
    director
  11. 2026-04-27
    TAYLOR, Everton Belford resigned
    director
  12. 2026-04-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2025-02-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACKEE TREE UK SERVICES LIMITED
  14. 2025-02-21
    TAYLOR, Everton Belford appointed
    director
  15. 2025-02-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: TAYLOR, Everton Belford resigned 2026-04-27; TAYLOR, Everton Belford resigned 2026-04-27

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Everton Belford Taylor
Individual · English · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
75100%
75-100% shares06/05/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Everton Belford Taylorceased 27/04/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2025-02-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

9 Oxbridge Court
High Street
Burntwood
WS7 3YZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

TAYLOR, Everton Belford
director · ~65y · appointed 2026-05-06
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Active
TAYLOR, Everton Belford
director · ~65y · appointed 2026-04-27 · resigned 2026-04-27
Resigned
TAYLOR, Everton Belford
director · ~65y · appointed 2025-02-21 · resigned 2026-04-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-02-21