ARCHWOOD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02037421 · ltd · incorporated 1986-07-15

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

£7.85M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sawmilling and planing of wood

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 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

7 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 35.6y

35/100

too messy

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

· Oldest live charge is 35.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — 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

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

37 officers (7 active, 37 linked, 30 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

218 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £7,848,000

Cash YoY

-8%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£234k

↓ 7.5% YoY

Net Worth

£7.8m

↑ 7.1% YoY

Current Assets

£12m

↑ 6.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£9.83M	£9.29M
Current assets	£11.98M	£11.22M
Cash	£234.0k	£253.0k
Debtors	£5.43M	£5.40M
Net assets	£7.85M	£7.33M

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

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2 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (94 events)Click to expand

2026-06-29
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accounts · AA
2026-02-09
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2025-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-19
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Charge registered #7
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2025-05-10
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PARRY, Jordan Stephen appointed
director
2025-05-10
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SCARRATT, Hayley Jane appointed
director
2024-11-28
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-26
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-17
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-17
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-11-17
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-14
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-05-10
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BURFORD, Lee appointed
director
2023-09-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-11
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MOIR, Marcus resigned
director
2023-03-20
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SCARRATT, Hayley appointed
secretary
2023-03-20
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LINCOLN, Richard resigned
secretary
2023-03-20
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MILES, Anthony Gerard resigned
director
2023-03-20
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-03-20
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-03-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-23
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-02-23
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Charge satisfied #5
2022-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-12-07
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Charge satisfied #3
2022-12-05
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance LTD
2022-09-07
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Charge registered #5
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2022-08-01
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Charge satisfied #4
2021-04-01
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PEACH, Sophie appointed
director
2020-07-31
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LINCOLN, Richard appointed
secretary
2020-07-31
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SIMMS, Andrew Joseph resigned
secretary
2020-04-14
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-08-19
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Charge registered #4
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2019-07-02
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Secure Trust Bank PLC
2017-11-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2017-06-30
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RIDDLE, Keith Kendall resigned
director
2017-05-25
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MILES, Anthony Gerard appointed
director
2017-03-24
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HAGGERTY, Paul resigned
director
2017-02-28
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LERIGO, Paul resigned
director
2017-01-06
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UNDERHILL, Stephen resigned
director
2016-12-13
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SIMMS, Andrew Joseph appointed
secretary
2016-07-26
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SMITH, Neil Alexander resigned
director
2015-08-14
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LINCOLN, Richard resigned
secretary
2015-08-14
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LINCOLN, Richard Oliver resigned
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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.

Group structure

Ripat Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ripat Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ARCHWOOD LIMITED

This company · 02037421

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
Ripat Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1986-07-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC16100 — Sawmilling and planing of wood

Registered office

Burbidge House Canal Wood Industrial Estate

Chirk

Wrexham

LL14 5RL

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-19

Last: 2026-01-05