A. ARCHER ELECTRICAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02369738 · ltd · incorporated 1989-04-07
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 34.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 34.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 34.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees231900

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-05
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-14
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    address · AD01
  11. 2018-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-04-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2017-04-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-04-25
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2017-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 1997-01-02
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    ARCHER, Rachael Ann appointed
    director
  17. 1992-03-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  18. 1989-04-07
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    Company incorporated
    As A. ARCHER ELECTRICAL LIMITED

Owner dependency

99/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ARCHER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Mark Archer
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Rachael Ann Archer
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1989-04-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Holly Farm Clipstone Road
Edwinstowe
Mansfield
NG21 9JD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ARCHER, Rachael Ann→
secretary
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Active
ARCHER, Adrian Mark→
director · ~62y
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Active
ARCHER, Rachael Ann→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-01-02
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property04/03/1992—
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Recent filings (102 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-12