ARBIL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01406906 · ltd · incorporated 1978-12-28
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 20.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28220
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 20.9y
65/100
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Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (60/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
103 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-03➕INETT, Paul appointeddirector
- 2024-09-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-08-07➖BILLS, Raymond Reginald resigneddirector
- 2024-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-04-30📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-04-25➖HART, Simon David resigneddirector
- 2008-05-16➖SMITH, Philip Duncan Greville resigneddirector
- 2007-12-05➕BILLS, Timothy Scott appointedsecretary
- 2007-12-05➖BILLS, Jill resignedsecretary
- 2007-12-05➖BILLS, Jill resigneddirector
- 2005-09-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2004-12-01➕HART, Simon David appointeddirector
- 2002-10-25➕SMITH, Philip Duncan Greville appointeddirector
- 1991-05-14➕BILLS, Jill appointeddirector
- 1978-12-28🏢Company incorporatedAs ARBIL 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 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Raymond Reginald Bills Individual · British · DOB 10/1937 · age 89 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 16/04/2016 |
Mr Timothy Scott Bills Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 16/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1978-12-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28220 — SIC 28220
Registered office
Providence Street
Lye
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY9 8HS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
BILLS, Timothy Scott→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-12-05
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Active
Active
BILLS, Jill→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2007-12-05
BILLS, Jill→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · appointed 1991-05-14 · resigned 2007-12-05
BILLS, Raymond Reginald→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · resigned 2024-08-07
HART, Simon David→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2014-04-25
SMITH, Philip Duncan Greville→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2008-05-16
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 01/09/2005 | — |
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Recent filings (103 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-24