ARTAC GROUP LIMITED

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01249035 · ltd · incorporated 1976-03-15
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 86). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 42.2y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 42.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
125 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£38k£76k£114k£152k£190kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£189.8k
Current assets—£25.3k
Net assets—£189.8k
Average employees2—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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  2. 2025-09-10
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  3. 2024-08-20
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  4. 2023-11-15
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  5. 2023-05-12
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  6. 2022-08-03
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  7. 2022-01-05
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  8. 2021-10-19
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  9. 2020-08-27
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  10. 2019-10-16
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  11. 2018-11-21
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  12. 2018-11-12
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    THOMAS, Jayne Barbara resigned
    director
  13. 2018-10-29
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  14. 2018-10-26
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    FARTHING, Julia Suzanne resigned
    director
  15. 2018-08-20
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  16. 2017-09-27
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  17. 2017-09-01
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  18. 2016-02-08
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    TELLING, Simon Allan Dimitri resigned
    director
  19. 2009-01-31
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    Charge satisfied #6
  20. 2009-01-31
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2004-08-05
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    THOMAS, Jayne Barbara appointed
    director
  22. 2004-02-16
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    TELLING, Simon Allan Dimitri appointed
    director
  23. 2001-10-30
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    Charge satisfied #2
  24. 1995-12-13
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  25. 1995-06-13
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    Charge satisfied #4
  26. 1995-06-13
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    Charge satisfied #3
  27. 1995-05-16
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    FARTHING, Julia Suzanne appointed
    secretary
  28. 1995-05-16
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    TURNER, Frederick Charles resigned
    secretary
  29. 1995-05-16
    ➖
    TURNER, Frederick Charles resigned
    director
  30. 1993-08-19
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    FARTHING, Julia Suzanne appointed
    director
  31. 1993-08-19
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    THOMAS, Jayne Barbara resigned
    director
  32. 1993-03-02
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    Charge satisfied #5
  33. 1992-02-24
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    THOMAS, Jayne Barbara appointed
    director
  34. 1992-02-24
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    TURNER, Frederick Charles appointed
    director
  35. 1990-09-19
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  36. 1988-12-13
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Lombard North Central PLC.
  37. 1988-04-06
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lombard North Central PLC.
  38. 1988-03-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lombard North Central PLC.
  39. 1984-05-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  40. 1976-03-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTAC GROUP LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100
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 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 50 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Allan Arthur Telling
Individual · British · DOB 11/1940 · age 86
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1976-03-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

The Maltings
Rosemary Lane
Halstead
Essex
CO9 1HZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-04
Last: 2025-12-21

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

FARTHING, Julia Suzanne→
secretary · appointed 1995-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TELLING, Allan Arthur→
director · ~86y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TURNER, Frederick Charles→
secretary · resigned 1995-05-16
Resigned
FARTHING, Julia Suzanne→
director · ~60y · appointed 1993-08-19 · resigned 2018-10-26
Resigned
TELLING, Simon Allan Dimitri→
director · ~55y · appointed 2004-02-16 · resigned 2016-02-08
Resigned
THOMAS, Jayne Barbara→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-08-05 · resigned 2018-11-12
Resigned
THOMAS, Jayne Barbara→
director · ~64y · appointed 1992-02-24 · resigned 1993-08-19
Resigned
TURNER, Frederick Charles→
director · ~79y · appointed 1992-02-24 · resigned 1995-05-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property13/12/199531/01/2009
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property19/09/199002/03/1993
satisfied
Lombard North Central .
Lombard North Central PLC.
Aircraft mortgage1 property13/12/198813/06/1995
satisfied
Lombard North Central .
Lombard North Central PLC.
Aircraft mortgage1 property06/04/198813/06/1995
satisfied
Lombard North Central .
Lombard North Central PLC.
Mortgage debenture1 property14/03/198830/10/2001
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property23/05/198431/01/2009

Recent filings (125 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-27