ARROW TUITION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03012969 · ltd · incorporated 1995-01-23
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£-36.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Primary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85310General secondary education
  • 85410Post-secondary non-tertiary education
  • 85590Other education n.e.c.
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 87). 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 (76/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £36,941
Cash YoY
+160%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↑ 160% YoY
Net Worth
-£37k
↓ 110% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£37k-£27k-£17k-£7k£3k£13kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£-36.9k£-17.5k
Current assets£10.5k£12.7k
Cash£6.1k£2.3k
Debtors£3.6k£8.8k
Net assets£-36.9k£-17.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-22
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    SPEED, Joy resigned
    secretary
  3. 2026-01-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-07-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-12-05
    ➖
    PINDER, Joan Carol resigned
    director
  18. 2005-07-01
    ➕
    SPEED, Joy appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-06-30
    ➖
    PINDER, Joan Carol resigned
    secretary
  20. 1995-01-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARROW TUITION LIMITED
  21. 1995-01-23
    ➕
    LANE, Colin Howard, Dr appointed
    director
  22. 1995-01-23
    ➕
    PINDER, Joan Carol appointed
    secretary
  23. 1995-01-23
    ➕
    DATASEARCH CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1995-01-23
    ➖
    DATASEARCH CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1995-01-23
    ➕
    PINDER, Joan Carol appointed
    director
  26. 1995-01-23
    ➕
    DATASEARCH NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1995-01-23
    ➖
    DATASEARCH NOMINEES 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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Colin Howard Lane
Individual · British · DOB 01/1939 · age 87
——sig. influencesignificant influence08/01/2017

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
Incorporated1995-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

4 King Square
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 3YF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

LANE, Colin Howard, Dr→
director · ~87y · appointed 1995-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PINDER, Joan Carol→
secretary · appointed 1995-01-23 · resigned 2005-06-30
Resigned
SPEED, Joy→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-01 · resigned 2026-01-22
Resigned
DATASEARCH CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-01-23 · resigned 1995-01-23
Resigned
PINDER, Joan Carol→
director · ~81y · appointed 1995-01-23 · resigned 2006-12-05
Resigned
DATASEARCH NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-01-23 · resigned 1995-01-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-04-08