ARENA PURSUITS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

02496908 · ltd · incorporated 1990-04-27

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£8.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £8,057

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£8k

↑ 908% YoY

Current Assets

£44k

↑ 16% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£9.1k	£4.3k
Current assets	£44.2k	£38.0k
Net assets	£8.1k	£799

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-05-21
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2025-07-29
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2024-08-16
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2023-07-06
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2022-07-28
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2021-07-12
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2020-08-20
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2019-07-29
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2018-07-11
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2017-07-27
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2016-07-07
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2016-01-21
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2015-01-13
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2015-01-13
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officers · TM02
2014-01-01
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WILLIS, Colin Charles resigned
secretary
2004-08-20
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REEVES, Jennifer Vera resigned
secretary
2004-08-20
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WILLIS, Colin Charles appointed
secretary
2000-07-04
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BROWN, Jacqueline Hobbis resigned
director
1993-08-11
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BROWN, Jacqueline Hobbis appointed
director
1990-04-27
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Company incorporated
As ARENA PURSUITS LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter John Reeves Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	31/12/2016

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

Incorporated1990-04-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Rosemary House

Rosemary Lane

Flimwell

East Sussex

TN5 7PT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-10

Last: 2025-12-27

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

REEVES, Peter John→

director · ~69y

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

REEVES, Jennifer Vera→

secretary · resigned 2004-08-20

Resigned

WILLIS, Colin Charles→

secretary · appointed 2004-08-20 · resigned 2014-01-01

Resigned

BROWN, Jacqueline Hobbis→

director · ~85y · appointed 1993-08-11 · resigned 2000-07-04

Resigned

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