ARTHUR RANK HOSPICE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03059033 · ltd · incorporated 1995-05-19

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 30.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47990Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
56290Other food services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.8y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 30.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

31 officers (6 active, 31 linked, 22 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

127 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (75 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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2024-12-18
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2023-11-14
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2022-12-28
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2022-12-12
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2022-12-08
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JACKSON, Antoinette Philomena appointed
director
2022-10-28
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officers · TM02
2022-10-28
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2022-10-27
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2022-10-21
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officers · TM01
2022-10-03
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BISHOP, John Edwin appointed
secretary
2022-10-03
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BISHOP, John Edwin appointed
director
2022-10-03
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GRAINGER, Hannah Penelope resigned
secretary
2022-09-29
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officers · TM01
2022-09-15
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KIRK, Katherine Elizabeth resigned
director
2022-08-05
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2022-08-05
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officers · TM02
2022-07-25
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GRAINGER, Hannah Penelope appointed
secretary
2022-07-25
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TUNBRIDGE, Jennifer Ann resigned
secretary
2022-07-25
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TUNBRIDGE, Jennifer Ann resigned
director
2022-01-28
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DAVIDGE, Carolan Maria appointed
director
2022-01-28
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MAUGHAN, Lee Foster resigned
director
2022-01-28
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officers · TM01
2022-01-28
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officers · AP01
2021-12-07
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accounts · AA
2020-11-04
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2019-10-03
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2019-07-10
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NORTHMORE, Peter John appointed
director
2019-07-10
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GRAINGER, Hannah Penelope resigned
secretary
2019-07-10
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TUNBRIDGE, Jennifer Ann appointed
secretary
2019-05-02
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ALLEN, Sharon Jane appointed
director
2019-05-02
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FIELD, Karen Ann resigned
director
2019-05-02
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MORGAN, Lynn Mary resigned
director
2019-05-02
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TUNBRIDGE, Jennifer Ann appointed
director
2016-11-08
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GRAINGER, Hannah Penelope appointed
secretary
2016-11-08
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HAYS, Lynne resigned
secretary
2015-11-30
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HUTT, Jonathan Rands resigned
director
2015-09-09
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MAUGHAN, Lee Foster appointed
director
2014-06-09
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FIELD, Karen Ann appointed
director
2011-03-16
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KIRK, Katherine Elizabeth appointed
director
2011-03-16
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REAVLEY, Martin John resigned
director
2010-05-18
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MORGAN, Lynn Mary appointed
director
2010-05-18
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ARTHUR RANK HOSPICE LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2010-05-18
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ARTHUR RANK HOSPICE LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2008-09-26
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TINGLEY, Lynda Kaye resigned
director
2008-06-05
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REAVLEY, Martin John appointed
director
2008-06-02
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HUTT, Jonathan Rands appointed
director
2007-05-31
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BROGDEN, John Robert resigned
director
2006-09-29
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BARTON, Stephen James resigned
director
2006-04-15
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CRAWLEY, Eustace George Cameron resigned
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Arthur Rank Hospice Charity holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Arthur Rank Hospice Charity

Corporate parent

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ARTHUR RANK HOSPICE LIMITED

This company · 03059033

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated1995-05-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

Arthur Rank Hospice Cherry Hinton Road

Shelford Bottom

Cambridge

CB22 3FB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-07

Last: 2026-05-24