ARROW MARITIME LINE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01853913 · ltd · incorporated 1984-10-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (75/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
107 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2026-05-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-01-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2021-05-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-05-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2021-05-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-05-12
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    WENZEL, Felix Andreas appointed
    director
  15. 2021-05-12
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    WENZEL, Andreas Arthur Konrad resigned
    director
  16. 2020-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2011-10-01
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    WOODWARD, Nutan appointed
    secretary
  20. 2011-09-30
    ➖
    JEFFERIES, Norman George resigned
    secretary
  21. 2010-12-08
    ➕
    VAN TIENHOVEN, Jan Christiaan appointed
    director
  22. 2008-01-28
    ➖
    RUSS, Andreas resigned
    director
  23. 2007-06-30
    ➖
    ENBERGS, Reiner Juergen resigned
    director
  24. 2007-05-01
    ➕
    RUSS, Andreas appointed
    director
  25. 1995-05-31
    ➖
    MEDINGER, Ernst Albert resigned
    director
  26. 1984-10-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ARROW MARITIME LINE LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Jan Christiaan Van Tienhoven
Individual · Dutch · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/01/2024
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Felix Wenzelceased 31/12/2023· 25-50% shares · firm interest
  • Mr Andreas Arthur Wenzelceased 12/05/2021· significant influence
  • Mr Nutan Woodwardceased 18/05/2017· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-10-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities

Registered office

Hartrodt House
Green Man Lane
Hatton Cross
Middlesex
TW14 0PZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-01
Last: 2026-05-18

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

WOODWARD, Nutan→
secretary · appointed 2011-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VAN TIENHOVEN, Jan Christiaan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-12-08
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Active
WENZEL, Felix Andreas→
director · ~40y · appointed 2021-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JEFFERIES, Norman George→
secretary · resigned 2011-09-30
Resigned
ENBERGS, Reiner Juergen→
director · ~85y · resigned 2007-06-30
Resigned
MEDINGER, Ernst Albert→
director · ~96y · resigned 1995-05-31
Resigned
RUSS, Andreas→
director · ~52y · appointed 2007-05-01 · resigned 2008-01-28
Resigned
WENZEL, Andreas Arthur Konrad→
director · ~73y · resigned 2021-05-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (107 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-29
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-05-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18