ARDUA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03523552 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-09
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£158.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 8 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.0y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £158,720
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,203 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£159k
↓ 7.1% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 8.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£34k£68k£103k£137k£171kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£160.2k£170.9k
Current assets£4.5k£4.9k
Net assets£158.7k£170.9k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-09-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2019-12-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-02
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2018-05-02
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    Charge satisfied #3
  14. 2017-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-03-02
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    officers · TM02
  16. 2017-03-01
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    PERKINS, Ernest Gary resigned
    secretary
  17. 2016-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2003-09-05
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    Charge registered #11
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2003-05-02
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2003-04-14
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2001-06-26
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2001-06-20
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2001-04-20
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2001-04-20
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2000-10-09
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2000-07-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 1999-11-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  28. 1999-06-28
    ➕
    PHUNG, Anh appointed
    director
  29. 1999-06-28
    ➖
    FARRELL, Jamie Michael resigned
    director
  30. 1998-07-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Michael O'earrell
  31. 1998-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ARDUA LIMITED
  32. 1998-03-09
    ➕
    PERKINS, Ernest Gary appointed
    secretary
  33. 1998-03-09
    ➕
    CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1998-03-09
    ➖
    CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1998-03-09
    ➕
    FARRELL, Jamie Michael appointed
    director
  36. 1998-03-09
    ➕
    CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  37. 1998-03-09
    ➖
    CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

1 low
8 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Anh Phung
Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48
25–50%
—25-50% shares09/03/2017
Mr Jamie Michael Farrell
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares09/03/2017

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

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

Unit 4 Hurricane Drive
Hurricane Business Park
Liverpool
Merseyside
L24 8RL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

PHUNG, Anh→
director · ~48y · appointed 1999-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PERKINS, Ernest Gary→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-09 · resigned 2017-03-01
Resigned
CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-09 · resigned 1998-03-09
Resigned
FARRELL, Jamie Michael→
director · ~66y · appointed 1998-03-09 · resigned 1999-06-28
Resigned
CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-09 · resigned 1998-03-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

10
Total charges
8
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property05/09/2003—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property02/05/2003—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property14/04/2003—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property26/06/2001—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property20/06/2001—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property20/04/2001—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property20/04/2001—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge2 properties09/10/200002/05/2018
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge2 properties05/07/2000—
satisfied
Michael O'earrell
Deed of charge2 properties01/07/199804/11/1999
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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-09