ARCH HOUSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01457085 · ltd · incorporated 1979-10-26

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£7.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

15 officers (6 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

109 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £7,137

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£7k

↑ 6.8% YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↑ 6.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£7.1k	£6.7k
Current assets	£7.1k	£6.7k
Net assets	£7.1k	£6.7k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-01-03
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accounts · AA
2026-01-03
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officers · AP03
2025-05-10
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DURBAN-JACKSON, Kevin Christopher appointed
secretary
2024-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
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officers · AP01
2023-10-06
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officers · TM01
2022-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
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LEGIEC, Jan appointed
director
2022-12-01
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JACKSON, Coleen Rachel resigned
director
2021-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-11-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-12-15
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accounts · AA
2015-12-20
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-20
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officers · AP01
2015-04-01
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MASON, Samuel appointed
director
2015-03-31
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ALLEN, Wendy resigned
director
2012-04-02
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ALLEN, Wendy appointed
director
2011-03-24
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BERKELEY BUREAU LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-03-21
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JACKSON, Coleen Rachel appointed
director
2010-12-13
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HAMMOND, Sidney Arthur resigned
director
2010-12-13
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HOLLINGSHEAD, Howard resigned
director
2005-08-04
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BERKELEY BUREAU LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-08-04
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SUDLEY REGISTRARS LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-06-01
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DURBAN-JACKSON, Chantal appointed
director
2000-08-01
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TAYLOR, Richard Frederick appointed
director
2000-08-01
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CADWALLADER, Ian resigned
director
1999-07-19
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MAHONEY, Moira Patricia appointed
director
1999-07-17
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CONNOLLY, Bridget Agnes resigned
director
1997-08-15
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CADWALLADER, Ian appointed
director
1997-08-15
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WOOD, John Longmore resigned
director
1979-10-26
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Company incorporated
As ARCH HOUSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1979-10-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98100 — Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use

Registered office

Arch House

20 West Street

Bognor Regis

W Sussex

PO21 1XP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-17

Last: 2025-12-03