ARTESIAN MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03109074 · ltd · incorporated 1995-10-02
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
75 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2018-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-30
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    officers · TM02
  14. 2016-03-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2016-03-03
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    CUNNINGHAM, Antony Paul resigned
    secretary
  16. 2016-03-03
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    CUNNINGHAM, Antony Paul resigned
    director
  17. 2015-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2001-02-12
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    MACDONALD, Duncan John Tuson appointed
    secretary
  19. 2001-02-12
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    KINCH, Graham George resigned
    secretary
  20. 1995-10-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTESIAN MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  21. 1995-10-02
    ➕
    BREEN, Mark Robin appointed
    director
  22. 1995-10-02
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    CUNNINGHAM, Antony Paul appointed
    secretary
  23. 1995-10-02
    ➕
    KINCH, Graham George appointed
    secretary
  24. 1995-10-02
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1995-10-02
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1995-10-02
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    CUNNINGHAM, Antony Paul appointed
    director
  27. 1995-10-02
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1995-10-02
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    WATERLOW 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 68 — 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 68. 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Robin Breen
Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-10-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

44 Drake Avenue
Teignmouth
Devon
TQ14 9NA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MACDONALD, Duncan John Tuson→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREEN, Mark Robin→
director · ~68y · appointed 1995-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CUNNINGHAM, Antony Paul→
secretary · appointed 1995-10-02 · resigned 2016-03-03
Resigned
KINCH, Graham George→
secretary · appointed 1995-10-02 · resigned 2001-02-12
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-10-02 · resigned 1995-10-02
Resigned
CUNNINGHAM, Antony Paul→
director · ~70y · appointed 1995-10-02 · resigned 2016-03-03
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-10-02 · resigned 1995-10-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-15