ARCHERDALE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01697158 · ltd · incorporated 1983-02-07

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

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 33.0y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 33.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

145 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	2800	2700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2025-09-03
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accounts · AA
2025-02-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-06-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-01-22
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mortgage · MR01
2024-01-18
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2023-11-17
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officers · AP03
2023-11-09
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SHACKLETON, Izabela Dorota appointed
secretary
2023-09-05
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officers · AP01
2023-09-01
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BARKER, Anton James appointed
director
2023-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-06
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officers · AP01
2023-04-04
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SHIELS, Daniel Chisholm appointed
director
2022-11-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-12
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officers · TM01
2020-04-23
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GRAHAM, Timothy John resigned
director
2019-08-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-20
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SMITH, Catherine Jayne resigned
secretary
2018-07-20
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SMITH, Wayne Charles resigned
director
2017-10-02
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PROCTER, Michael John appointed
director
2017-01-26
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-01-16
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2012-05-31
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BROWN, Patsy Thornton resigned
director
2012-04-01
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CROSBY, Paul Andrew resigned
secretary
2012-04-01
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SMITH, Catherine Jayne appointed
secretary
2010-11-26
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CROSBY, Paul Andrew appointed
secretary
2010-11-25
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BROWN, Patsy Thornton resigned
secretary
2009-09-01
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CROSBY, Paul Andrew appointed
director
2004-12-20
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GRAHAM, Timothy John appointed
director
2004-12-20
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SMITH, Wayne Charles appointed
director
2004-02-12
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BROWN, Leslie resigned
director
1993-07-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1992-10-06
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BROWN, Glyn Anthony appointed
director
1983-02-07
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Company incorporated
As ARCHERDALE 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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 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.)

Group structure

Archerdale ( Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Archerdale ( Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ARCHERDALE LIMITED

This company · 01697158

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Archerdale ( Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Glyn Anthony Brownceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
Mr Paul Andrew Crosbyceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
Timothy John Grahamceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
Mr Wayne Charles Smithceased 06/04/2016· significant influence

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1983-02-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Hirstwood Works

Hirstwood Road

Shipley

West Yorkshire

BD18 4BU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-22

Last: 2025-11-08