ARCHVEER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01898449 · ltd · incorporated 1985-03-22
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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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
93 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees400400

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-16
    ➖
    WILSON, Heather resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-11-16
    ➖
    WILSON, Heather resigned
    director
  4. 2025-11-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2025-11-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-10-15
    ➕
    WILSON, Mark Frazer appointed
    director
  15. 2018-01-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-02-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 1985-07-18
    ➕
    WILSON, Keith appointed
    director
  20. 1985-07-18
    ➕
    WILSON, Heather appointed
    director
  21. 1985-03-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARCHVEER 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 41 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 41 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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 ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: WILSON, Heather resigned 2025-11-16; WILSON, Heather resigned 2025-11-16

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Frazer Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/09/2016

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
Incorporated1985-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

2 Berkeley Grange
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA2 7PW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last: 2026-02-24

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WILSON, Keith→
director · ~83y · appointed 1985-07-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Mark Frazer→
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-10-15
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Active
WILSON, Heather→
secretary · resigned 2025-11-16
Resigned
WILSON, Heather→
director · ~82y · appointed 1985-07-18 · resigned 2025-11-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-11-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-26