ART ASIA TRUST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02964315 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1994-09-02

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

90030Artistic creation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

64 officers (9 active, 64 linked, 51 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

213 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (140 events)Click to expand

2026-02-13
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officers · AP01
2026-02-02
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ASHWORTH, Simon Gerard appointed
director
2025-12-01
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accounts · AA
2025-11-25
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officers · TM01
2025-11-18
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VERMA, Subhash Chander resigned
director
2024-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
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officers · TM01
2024-11-25
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PANDIT, Arvind Jivanlal resigned
director
2024-01-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-01-02
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-03
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-10-06
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officers · AP01
2022-09-26
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PRASAD, Swarna Subbulakshmi, Dr appointed
director
2022-09-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
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PATWARDHAN, Sudhanshu Ramesh resigned
director
2022-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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officers · AP01
2021-12-20
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DAVDA, Latha appointed
director
2021-09-10
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officers · AP03
2021-09-10
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-09-07
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JAMIL, Taslima Dahlia appointed
secretary
2021-09-07
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VERMA, Subhash Chander resigned
secretary
2021-08-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2021-07-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-23
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JAMIL, Taslima Shireen Dahlia resigned
director
2018-10-25
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LEE, Shelagh appointed
director
2018-10-25
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YADAV, Shishir appointed
director
2018-10-23
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NAYYAR, Preeti resigned
director
2017-11-02
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DAVDA, Latha resigned
director
2017-08-22
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DESAI, Vinod Kumar resigned
secretary
2017-08-22
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VERMA, Subhash Chander appointed
secretary
2016-10-18
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PANCHMATIA, Manoj resigned
director
2016-04-16
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SHUKLA, Dhurjati resigned
director
2015-10-27
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KUNJUR, Anupama, Dr appointed
director
2015-10-27
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NAYYAR, Preeti appointed
director
2014-10-16
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DAVDA, Latha appointed
director
2014-10-16
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MORRISON, Mary Sarah, Dr resigned
director
2014-10-16
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PANCHMATIA, Manoj appointed
director
2014-10-16
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PATWARDHAN, Sudhanshu Ramesh appointed
director
2014-10-16
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SHUKLA, Dhurjati appointed
director
2013-10-31
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QUADER, Forkanul Mohammad resigned
director
2013-10-31
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UPPAL, Geeta resigned
director
2013-10-31
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VERMA, Subhash Chander appointed
director
2012-10-04
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GUNATILLAKA, Jaya resigned
director
2012-07-09
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BALFOUR, Siobhan Louise resigned
secretary
2012-07-09
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DESAI, Vinod Kumar appointed
secretary

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1994-09-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

Suite 3 Fairways House

Mount Pleasant Road

Southampton

Hampshire

SO14 0QB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-16

Last: 2025-09-02