ALAND FORWARDING LP

💤Zombieactive
SL016561 · limited-partnership · incorporated 2014-04-25
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
54/100
Worth a look
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Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 54/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (41/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
No officers data
0
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
54/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
60
Adequate data — full accounts will sharpen view.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2022-12-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC01
  2. 2022-12-14
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  3. 2022-12-14
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  4. 2022-12-14
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  5. 2022-12-14
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  6. 2022-12-14
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  7. 2019-10-18
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    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  8. 2017-11-20
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC01
  9. 2017-08-25
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    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  10. 2014-04-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAND FORWARDING LP
  11. 2014-04-25
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP5

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

2 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2023-05-08

No active directors on record
high

Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Makar Smirnov
Individual · Ukrainian · DOB 09/2000 · age 26
75–100%75-100% voting24/04/2022
Oleksandr Chekina
Individual · Ukrainian · DOB 05/1984 · age 42
75–100%75-100% voting06/08/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typelimited-partnership
Incorporated2014-04-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC

Registered office

Centre Office
58a Broughton Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3SA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due:
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2023-05-08OVERDUE
Last: 2022-04-24

Officers (0 active · 0 resigned)

Recent filings (10 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC01
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2022-12-14
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2019-10-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC01
2017-11-20
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2017-08-25
legacy
incorporation · LP5
2014-04-25