FORK TRUCK BORDERS UK INSTRUCTION LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC793895 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-03
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). 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 (71/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-31
Average employees0

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-19
    YOUNGER, Melvin Andrew resigned
    director
  3. 2025-11-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-22
    YOUNGER, Melvin Andrew appointed
    director
  5. 2024-01-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-01-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FORK TRUCK BORDERS UK INSTRUCTION LIMITED
  7. 2024-01-03
    YOUNGER, Douglas Robert appointed
    director
  8. 2024-01-03
    📄
    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 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.3 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 66. 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

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 Douglas Robert Younger
Individual · English · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/01/2024

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
Incorporated2024-01-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

29 Gunsgreen Crescent
Eyemouth
TD14 5DW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-16
Last: 2026-01-02

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

YOUNGER, Douglas Robert
director · ~66y · appointed 2024-01-03
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Active
YOUNGER, Melvin Andrew
director · ~71y · appointed 2024-01-22 · resigned 2026-02-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-03