ARTIC TRAILER SERVICES (FALKIRK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC051346 · ltd · incorporated 1972-09-06
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 53.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 53.4y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 53.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
89 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-03
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  2. 2024-10-02
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  3. 2023-08-01
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  4. 2023-05-01
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  5. 2022-10-04
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  6. 2021-09-10
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  7. 2020-12-08
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  8. 2019-10-28
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  9. 2018-10-26
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  10. 2017-10-31
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  11. 2016-10-06
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  12. 2016-07-07
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  13. 2015-10-12
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  14. 2015-07-08
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  15. 2014-10-24
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  16. 2014-07-08
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  17. 2005-03-02
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    SCOTT, Walter appointed
    director
  18. 2005-03-02
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    MILLER, Olive resigned
    director
  19. 1991-11-25
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  20. 1972-12-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  21. 1972-09-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTIC TRAILER SERVICES (FALKIRK) LIMITED

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Peter Miller
Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1972-09-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities

Registered office

Office And Stores
Russel Street
Falkirk
Stirlingshire
FK2 7HP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-25
Last: 2025-06-11

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MILLER, Peter, Mr.→
secretary
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MILLER, Peter, Mr.→
director · ~68y
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SCOTT, Walter→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-03-02
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Active
MILLER, Olive→
director · ~91y · resigned 2005-03-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property25/11/1991—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Bond & floating charge1 property17/12/1972—
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Recent filings (89 total)

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2025-07-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
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2024-10-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
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accounts · AA
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
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accounts · AA
2020-12-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-13