ARTWIDE (UK) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02884445 · ltd · incorporated 1994-01-04
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-207.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46520
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
93 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 · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £207,028
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£207k
↓ 5.5% YoY
Current Assets
£0
↓ 100% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £24.8k | £31.1k |
| Current assets | £0 | £2.4k |
| Net assets | £-207.0k | £-196.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-12-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-12-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-12-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-06-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2005-12-30➖TSANG, Victor Ling Young resigneddirector
- 1999-02-10➕LEUNG, Wing Lin appointedsecretary
- 1999-02-10➖GRZYB, Izabella Teresa resignedsecretary
- 1999-02-10➖TSANG, Man Chung resigneddirector
- 1997-04-04➕TSANG, Linda Ling Tak appointeddirector
- 1996-08-18➕TSANG, Victor Ling Young appointeddirector
- 1994-01-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ARTWIDE (UK) LIMITED
- 1994-01-04➕LEUNG, Wing Lin appointeddirector
- 1994-01-04➕GRZYB, Izabella Teresa appointedsecretary
- 1994-01-04➕GUDKA, Shilpa appointedsecretary
- 1994-01-04➖GUDKA, Shilpa resignedsecretary
- 1994-01-04➕GUDKA, Shilpa appointeddirector
- 1994-01-04➖GUDKA, Shilpa resigneddirector
- 1994-01-04➕LEE, Tony appointeddirector
- 1994-01-04➖LEE, Tony resigneddirector
- 1994-01-04➕TSANG, Man Chung appointeddirector
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Linda Ling Tak Tsang Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/04/2025 |
Mr Wing Lin Leung Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/04/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Ms Linda Ling Tak Tsangceased 01/04/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mr Wing Lin Leungceased 01/04/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| BLACKFORGE INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED→ 16902617 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-01-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520
Registered office
Unit 1-3 Wyvern Estate
Beverley Way
New Malden
Surrey
KT3 4PH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-05
Last: 2026-05-22
Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)
Active
LEUNG, Wing Lin→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 1994-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TSANG, Linda Ling Tak→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 1997-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GRZYB, Izabella Teresa→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1994-01-04 · resigned 1999-02-10
GUDKA, Shilpa→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1994-01-04 · resigned 1994-01-04
GUDKA, Shilpa→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 1994-01-04 · resigned 1994-01-04
LEE, Tony→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 1994-01-04 · resigned 1994-01-04
TSANG, Man Chung→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 1994-01-04 · resigned 1999-02-10
TSANG, Victor Ling Young→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 1996-08-18 · resigned 2005-12-30
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Recent filings (93 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-06-13