ARNGATE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02268037 · ltd · incorporated 1988-06-16
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£467.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £467,784
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£583k
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£468k
↑ 6.1% YoY
Current Assets
£612k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £467.8k | £440.8k |
| Current assets | £611.9k | £548.5k |
| Cash | £583.0k | £521.2k |
| Debtors | £27.7k | £26.0k |
| Net assets | £467.8k | £440.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-03-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-03-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-03-23📄statement-of-companys-objectschange-of-constitution · CC04
- 2021-03-23📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-03-13📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-16➕BULLEN, James David Arthur appointeddirector
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2003-04-22➕PERETTI, Dawn appointeddirector
- 2003-04-22➖WOOD, Elisabeth Rose resigneddirector
- 1988-06-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ARNGATE LIMITED
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Mark Robert Peretti Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 07/05/2017 |
Mrs Dawn Peretti Individual · British · DOB 10/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-06-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities
Registered office
The Forge Haggs Farm
Haggs Road Follifoot
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG3 1EQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
Active
BULLEN, James David Arthur→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2021-02-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PERETTI, Dawn→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2003-04-22
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Active
WOOD, Elisabeth Rose→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · resigned 2003-04-22
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Recent filings (98 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-04-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-03-23
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2021-03-23