ARTHUR GAIT & COMPANY LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
02745036 · ltd · incorporated 1992-09-04
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£64.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £64,638
Cash YoY
-22%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£37k
↓ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£65k
↑ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£242k
↑ 78% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £107.3k | £44.8k |
| Current assets | £241.9k | £135.7k |
| Cash | £36.5k | £46.9k |
| Debtors | £205.4k | £88.8k |
| Net assets | £64.6k | £44.8k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-04-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-06➕KHAWAJA, Mahin appointeddirector
- 2023-04-06➖PRITCHARD, Christine Janet resignedsecretary
- 2023-04-06➖PRITCHARD, Christine Janet resigneddirector
- 2023-04-06📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-04-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-04-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-04-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-04-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-05-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-04-30➖HAYES, David Evan resigneddirector
- 1995-05-01➖TAYLOR, Derek John resigneddirector
- 1992-09-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ARTHUR GAIT & COMPANY LIMITED
- 1992-09-04➕PRITCHARD, Christine Janet appointedsecretary
- 1992-09-04➕LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1992-09-04➖LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1992-09-04➕HAYES, David Evan appointeddirector
- 1992-09-04➕PRITCHARD, Christine Janet appointeddirector
- 1992-09-04➕TAYLOR, Derek John appointeddirector
- 1992-09-04➕LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1992-09-04➖LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Adroit Accountants Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Adroit Accountants Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ARTHUR GAIT & COMPANY LIMITED
This company · 02745036
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adroit Accountants Group Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/04/2025 |
Mr Mahin Khawaja Individual · British · DOB 03/1984 · age 42 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Christine Janet Pritchardceased 06/04/2023· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-09-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
18 Gold Tops
Newport
South Wales
NP20 5WJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-27
Last: 2026-06-13
Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)
KHAWAJA, Mahin→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2023-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PRITCHARD, Christine Janet→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1992-09-04 · resigned 2023-04-06
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-09-04 · resigned 1992-09-04
HAYES, David Evan→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 1992-09-04 · resigned 2014-04-30
PRITCHARD, Christine Janet→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 1992-09-04 · resigned 2023-04-06
TAYLOR, Derek John→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · appointed 1992-09-04 · resigned 1995-05-01
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-09-04 · resigned 1992-09-04
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (90 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-12
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-04-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-06