ARION ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02827145 · ltd · incorporated 1993-06-15

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Aug 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-04-22
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2025-04-30
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2024-04-22
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2023-04-20
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2022-04-26
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2021-04-28
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2020-05-05
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2019-05-07
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accounts · AA
2018-05-02
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accounts · AA
2017-07-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-05-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-07-04
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annual-return · AR01
2016-05-04
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accounts · AA
2015-07-02
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
1998-03-27
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YATES, Ian Robert appointed
secretary
1998-03-27
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YATES, Diana Elizabeth appointed
director
1998-03-27
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GROSE, Douglas Andrews resigned
secretary
1998-03-27
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GROSE, Douglas Andrews resigned
director
1993-09-01
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YATES, Ian Robert appointed
director
1993-09-01
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GROSE, Douglas Andrews appointed
secretary
1993-09-01
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ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-09-01
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GROSE, Douglas Andrews appointed
director
1993-09-01
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ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1993-06-15
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Company incorporated
As ARION ESTATES LIMITED
1993-06-15
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ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-06-15
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ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Robert Yates Individual · British · DOB 04/1941 · age 85	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	25/07/2017

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

Incorporated1993-06-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Latchleys Manor

Steeple Bumpstead

Haverhill

Suffolk

CB9 7DZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-29

Last: 2026-06-15

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

YATES, Ian Robert→

secretary · appointed 1998-03-27

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Active

YATES, Diana Elizabeth→

director · ~83y · appointed 1998-03-27

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Active

YATES, Ian Robert→

director · ~85y · appointed 1993-09-01

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Active

GROSE, Douglas Andrews→

secretary · appointed 1993-09-01 · resigned 1998-03-27

Resigned

ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-06-15 · resigned 1993-09-01

Resigned

GROSE, Douglas Andrews→

director · ~90y · appointed 1993-09-01 · resigned 1998-03-27

Resigned

ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-06-15 · resigned 1993-09-01

Resigned

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