ARROWEDGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01656896 · ltd · incorporated 1982-08-06

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 43.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46460

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · oldest 43.9y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 43.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

120 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	1700	1900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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accounts · AA
2024-10-08
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accounts · AA
2024-07-31
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officers · CH03
2024-07-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-17
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accounts · AA
2019-03-25
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officers · TM01
2019-03-11
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PATEL, Yatin Mahendrakumar resigned
director
2018-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-15
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accounts · AA
2017-01-19
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accounts · AA
2016-12-14
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mortgage · MR04
2016-12-14
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Charge satisfied #2
2012-07-20
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Charge satisfied #5
2012-07-20
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Charge satisfied #4
2012-07-20
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Charge satisfied #1
2011-04-10
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PATEL, Nainesh Mahendra appointed
director
2011-04-10
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PATEL, Yatin Mahendrakumar appointed
director
2009-05-17
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PATEL, Mahendra Ishwarbhai resigned
director
2004-11-25
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Charge satisfied #3
2001-10-31
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PATEL, Manjula appointed
secretary
2001-10-31
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PATEL, Pramila Hasmukh resigned
secretary
2001-10-31
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PATEL, Arvind Chaturbhai resigned
director
2001-10-31
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PATEL, Hasmukh Chaturbai resigned
director
2001-10-31
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PATEL, Mahendra Ishwarbhai appointed
director
1995-01-25
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1992-07-25
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PATEL, Pramila Hasmukh appointed
secretary
1987-04-10
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1984-05-06
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1982-08-31
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1982-08-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1982-08-06
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Company incorporated
As ARROWEDGE LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ullas Mahendrakumar Patel Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	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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7 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

Incorporated1982-08-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46460 — SIC 46460

Registered office

62 Poole Road

Westbourne

Bournemouth

Dorset

BH4 9DZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-08

Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

PATEL, Manjula→

secretary · appointed 2001-10-31

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PATEL, Nainesh Mahendra→

director · ~64y · appointed 2011-04-10

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Active

PATEL, Ullas Mahendrakumar→

director · ~70y

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PATEL, Pramila Hasmukh→

secretary · appointed 1992-07-25 · resigned 2001-10-31

Resigned

PATEL, Arvind Chaturbhai→

director · ~83y · resigned 2001-10-31

Resigned

PATEL, Hasmukh Chaturbai→

director · ~96y · resigned 2001-10-31

Resigned

PATEL, Mahendra Ishwarbhai→

director · ~92y · appointed 2001-10-31 · resigned 2009-05-17

Resigned

PATEL, Yatin Mahendrakumar→

director · ~64y · appointed 2011-04-10 · resigned 2019-03-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Charge	2 properties	25/01/1995	20/07/2012
satisfied	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	10/04/1987	20/07/2012
satisfied	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Legal charge pursuant to o/c	1 property	06/05/1984	25/11/2004
satisfied	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	31/08/1982	14/12/2016
satisfied	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	31/08/1982	20/07/2012

Recent filings (120 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-01-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-02

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2024-07-31

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-07-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-01-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-07-27

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-07-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-10-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-09-10