ARK FLOOD PROTECTION SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

02902629 · ltd · incorporated 1994-02-25

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

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year to Jul 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

75 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

—

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	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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2025-04-22
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2024-04-18
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accounts · AA
2023-04-25
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accounts · AA
2022-04-20
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2021-04-27
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accounts · AA
2020-04-30
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accounts · AA
2019-04-12
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accounts · AA
2018-10-15
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address · AD01
2018-10-12
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officers · CH01
2018-10-12
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officers · CH03
2018-10-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-10-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-04-23
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accounts · AA
2017-04-28
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2010-03-01
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PADGETT, Stephen Matthew resigned
director
1995-02-12
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PADGETT, Stephen Matthew appointed
director
1994-02-25
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Company incorporated
As ARK FLOOD PROTECTION SERVICES LIMITED
1994-02-25
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MATTHEWS, Frances Teresa appointed
secretary
1994-02-25
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MATTHEWS, Richard James appointed
director
1994-02-25
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PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-02-25
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PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-02-25
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PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1994-02-25
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PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard James Matthews Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Frances Teresa Matthews Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1994-02-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

2 Windsor Road

Barton-Le-Clay

Beds

MK45 4LX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-11

Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MATTHEWS, Frances Teresa→

secretary · appointed 1994-02-25

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Active

MATTHEWS, Richard James→

director · ~66y · appointed 1994-02-25

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Active

PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-02-25 · resigned 1994-02-25

Resigned

PADGETT, Stephen Matthew→

director · ~67y · appointed 1995-02-12 · resigned 2010-03-01

Resigned

PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-02-25 · resigned 1994-02-25

Resigned

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