ARKWELL FASTENERS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
01599516 · ltd · incorporated 1981-11-24
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). 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
1 live charge · oldest 22.3y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
100 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 5 | 500 |
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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-03-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2018-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-02-28➖WOLVERSON, Gary Joseph resigneddirector
- 2017-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-11-16➖WALKER, Stephen resignedsecretary
- 2011-11-16➖WALKER, Stephen resigneddirector
- 2011-11-08➕WOLVERSON, Gary Joseph appointeddirector
- 2011-08-26➕WALKER, Kathryn Ann appointeddirector
- 2011-08-26➖WALKER, Philip Edmund resigneddirector
- 2004-04-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1991-10-16➖WALKER, Dorothy resigneddirector
- 1991-10-16➕WALKER, Philip Edmund appointeddirector
- 1981-11-24🏢Company incorporatedAs ARKWELL FASTENERS LIMITED
Owner dependency
90/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Kathryn Ann Walker Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A T BALL AUTOMATION LIMITED→ 14786467 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ALEXISGOLD LIMITED→ 04056470 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
| ALPI INVESTMENT LTD→ 16063627 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AMAZING TRADING LIMITED→ 14594390 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| APPLETREE GLOBAL LIMITED→ 06888377 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| ARCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED→ 16522635 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ARCSTRYKE LIMITED→ 16761793 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ARCUSIN UK LTD→ 07539455 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| ARION TRADING LIMITED→ 08666483 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| ARM CATERING EQUIPMENT LTD→ 16169482 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ARMFIELD HAUGEN ENTERPRISE LTD→ 13137513 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ARMSTRONG AVIATION CLOTHING LIMITED→ 06388487 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1981-11-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
Unit 1
Chapel Street
Long Eaton
Nottingham
NG10 1EQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03
Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)
WALKER, Kathryn Ann→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2011-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WALKER, Stephen→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2011-11-16
WALKER, Dorothy→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · resigned 1991-10-16
WALKER, Philip Edmund→
Resigneddirector · ~100y · appointed 1991-10-16 · resigned 2011-08-26
WALKER, Stephen→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · resigned 2011-11-16
WOLVERSON, Gary Joseph→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2011-11-08 · resigned 2018-02-28
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 05/04/2004 | 18/03/2019 |
Recent filings (100 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-01