ART FOR THEIR SAKE LIMITED

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03451420 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1997-10-17
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
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£29.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -57% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £28,983
Net assets shrinking
Down £16,748 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 57% YoY
Cash YoY
-57%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£14k
↓ 57% YoY
Net Worth
£29k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Assets
£14k
↓ 56% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£9k£18k£27k£37k£46kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£29.0k£45.7k
Current assets£14.3k£32.6k
Cash£13.9k£32.6k
Debtors£401—
Net assets£29.0k£45.7k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-23
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  2. 2025-10-24
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  3. 2025-10-24
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  4. 2025-10-24
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  5. 2025-07-16
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  6. 2024-08-09
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-07
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  8. 2024-05-07
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  9. 2024-05-03
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  10. 2024-05-02
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  11. 2024-05-02
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  12. 2024-05-02
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  13. 2024-05-02
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  14. 2024-05-02
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  15. 2024-05-02
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  16. 2024-05-02
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  17. 2024-05-01
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  18. 2024-05-01
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  19. 2024-05-01
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  20. 2024-04-05
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    WINDERS, Marie Ann resigned
    director
  21. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2022-11-03
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    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-08-17
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    SMITH, Angie Dawn appointed
    secretary
  24. 2019-08-17
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    FOSTER HIGGINS, Samantha appointed
    director
  25. 2019-08-17
    ➕
    SMITH, Angie Dawn appointed
    director
  26. 2019-08-17
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    SINGLETON, Robert John resigned
    secretary
  27. 2019-08-17
    ➖
    DARCY, Denise resigned
    director
  28. 2019-08-17
    ➖
    REECE, Michelle resigned
    director
  29. 2019-08-17
    ➖
    SINGLETON, Robert John resigned
    director
  30. 2013-06-18
    ➕
    WINDERS, Marie Ann appointed
    director
  31. 2010-08-26
    ➕
    NICHOLAS, Michael George appointed
    director
  32. 2001-06-25
    ➕
    REECE, Michelle appointed
    director
  33. 1999-02-17
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    DARCY, Denise appointed
    director
  34. 1999-02-17
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    DUMBELL, Stephen Royston resigned
    director
  35. 1997-10-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ART FOR THEIR SAKE LIMITED
  36. 1997-10-17
    ➕
    SINGLETON, Robert John appointed
    secretary
  37. 1997-10-17
    ➕
    DUMBELL, Stephen Royston appointed
    director
  38. 1997-10-17
    ➕
    SINGLETON, Robert John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Samantha Foster Higgins
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
—25–50%25-50% voting05/05/2024
Mrs Angie Dawn Smith
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
—25–50%25-50% voting05/05/2024
Mr Michael George Nicholas
Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71
—25–50%25-50% voting17/10/2016
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Miss Marie Ann Windersceased 05/04/2024· significant influence
  • Miss Michelle Reececeased 17/08/2019· significant influence
  • Miss Denise Darcyceased 17/08/2019· significant influence
  • Mr Robert John Singletonceased 17/08/2019· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1997-10-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Suite 4102 Charlotte House Queens Dock Business Centre
Norfolk Street
Liverpool
Merseyside
L1 0BG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

SMITH, Angie Dawn→
secretary · appointed 2019-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOSTER HIGGINS, Samantha→
director · ~61y · appointed 2019-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NICHOLAS, Michael George→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Angie Dawn→
director · ~62y · appointed 2019-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINGLETON, Robert John→
secretary · appointed 1997-10-17 · resigned 2019-08-17
Resigned
DARCY, Denise→
director · ~67y · appointed 1999-02-17 · resigned 2019-08-17
Resigned
DUMBELL, Stephen Royston→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-10-17 · resigned 1999-02-17
Resigned
REECE, Michelle→
director · ~50y · appointed 2001-06-25 · resigned 2019-08-17
Resigned
SINGLETON, Robert John→
director · ~77y · appointed 1997-10-17 · resigned 2019-08-17
Resigned
WINDERS, Marie Ann→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-06-18 · resigned 2024-04-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-03
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-05-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-02