ARROWZONE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02045728 · ltd · incorporated 1986-08-12
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 37.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 24420
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 37.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 37.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
105 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees0400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-07-25
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  3. 2024-03-21
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  4. 2023-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  5. 2023-06-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  8. 2020-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-04-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2005-04-01
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    HULL, Ronald appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-04-01
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    HULL, David James appointed
    director
  19. 2005-04-01
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    HULL, Mark Ronald appointed
    director
  20. 2005-04-01
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    HULL, Nigel Philip appointed
    director
  21. 2005-04-01
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    HULL, Ronald appointed
    director
  22. 2005-04-01
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    HARGATE, Keith resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-04-01
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    COLLINS, Michael resigned
    director
  24. 2005-04-01
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    HARGATE, Keith resigned
    director
  25. 1988-08-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  26. 1986-08-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ARROWZONE LIMITED

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ronald Hull
Individual · British · DOB 12/1949 · age 77
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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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
Incorporated1986-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC24420 — SIC 24420

Registered office

Mangham Works
Mangham Road Parkgate
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S62 6EF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

HULL, Ronald→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-01
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Active
HULL, David James→
director · ~53y · appointed 2005-04-01
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Active
HULL, Mark Ronald→
director · ~46y · appointed 2005-04-01
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Active
HULL, Nigel Philip→
director · ~50y · appointed 2005-04-01
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Active
HULL, Ronald→
director · ~77y · appointed 2005-04-01
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Active
HARGATE, Keith→
secretary · resigned 2005-04-01
Resigned
COLLINS, Michael→
director · ~79y · resigned 2005-04-01
Resigned
HARGATE, Keith→
director · ~83y · resigned 2005-04-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property26/08/198805/04/2005

Recent filings (105 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-10
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06