ALBA FORKLIFT TRAINING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC348473 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-12
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£2.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -37% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,643
Cash YoY
-37%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£64k
↓ 37% YoY
Net Worth
£3k
↑ 54% YoY
Current Assets
£95k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£24k£49k£73k£98k£122kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£9.1k£10.9k
Current assets£94.9k£122.2k
Cash£64.2k£101.2k
Debtors£30.6k£20.9k
Net assets£2.6k£1.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-20
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-10-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-10-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-18
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  10. 2022-02-02
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    accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
    accounts · AAMD
  11. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-01
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    WESTBURY, Carol appointed
    director
  13. 2021-02-01
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2021-02-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-02-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-02-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2021-02-01
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-01-06
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    accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
    accounts · AAMD
  20. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2015-06-01
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    DOUGALL, John resigned
    director
  22. 2008-09-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBA FORKLIFT TRAINING LIMITED
  23. 2008-09-12
    ➕
    WESTBURY, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  24. 2008-09-12
    ➕
    WESTBURY, Andrew appointed
    director
  25. 2008-09-12
    ➕
    DOUGALL, John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Westbury
Individual · British · DOB 03/1973 · age 53
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Carol Westbury
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/02/2021

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
Incorporated2008-09-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

21 Lenziemill Road
Cumbernauld
Glasgow
G67 2RL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

WESTBURY, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-12
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Active
WESTBURY, Andrew→
director · ~53y · appointed 2008-09-12
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Active
WESTBURY, Carol→
director · ~64y · appointed 2021-02-01
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Active
DOUGALL, John→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-09-12 · resigned 2015-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-24
accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
accounts · AAMD
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-21