ARROW BOATS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01048957 · ltd · incorporated 1972-04-07
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£16.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £16,693
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£3k
Net Worth
£17k
Current Assets
£7k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £16.7k | — |
| Current assets | £6.9k | — |
| Cash | £3.2k | — |
| Debtors | £758 | — |
| Net assets | £16.7k | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-12-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-12-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-12-09➕SKELTON, Fiona Jane appointeddirector
- 2025-10-31➖ROBERTSON, Timothy Patrick Michael resigneddirector
- 2025-10-31📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-10-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-10-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-26📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2024-01-26📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2023-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 1972-04-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ARROW BOATS LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Eileen Anne Robertson Individual · British · DOB 04/1939 · age 87 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 22/10/2025 |
Mrs Fiona Jane Skelton Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 09/12/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Timothy Patrick Michael Robertsonceased 18/12/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1972-04-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
32a Puddingmoor
Beccles
Suffolk
NR34 9PL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
Active
SKELTON, Fiona Jane→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2025-12-09
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ROBERTSON, Timothy Patrick Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · resigned 2025-10-31
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Recent filings (95 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2024-01-26
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-11