ARW MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03524408 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-10

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£27.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Bookkeeping activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

74902Quantity surveying activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

69 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £27,489

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£32k

Net Worth

£27k

Current Assets

£33k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£27.5k	—
Current assets	£32.8k	—
Cash	£32.4k	—
Debtors	£316	—
Net assets	£27.5k	—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-09-25
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2024-08-19
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2023-10-20
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accounts · AA
2022-09-15
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accounts · AA
2021-09-21
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accounts · AA
2020-09-15
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accounts · AA
2019-09-27
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accounts · AA
2018-10-29
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accounts · AA
2017-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-12-06
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accounts · AA
2016-03-10
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-09-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-04
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annual-return · AR01
2014-08-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-03-10
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annual-return · AR01
2012-11-30
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WEBSTER, Barry Charles appointed
director
2010-09-07
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HICKESON (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1998-03-27
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WEBSTER, Ruth Ann appointed
director
1998-03-27
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HICKESON (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1998-03-27
➖
WHITE ROSE FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-03-27
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WRF INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1998-03-10
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Company incorporated
As ARW MANAGEMENT LIMITED
1998-03-10
➕
WHITE ROSE FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-03-10
➕
WRF INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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

clean

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Barry Charles Webster Individual · English · DOB 07/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/05/2016
Mrs Ruth Ann Webster Individual · English · DOB 11/1970 · age 56	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/05/2016

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

Incorporated1998-03-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69202 — Bookkeeping activities

Registered office

16 The Drive

Wellingborough

Northamptonshire

NN8 2DE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-24

Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WEBSTER, Barry Charles→

director · ~69y · appointed 2012-11-30

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Active

WEBSTER, Ruth Ann→

director · ~56y · appointed 1998-03-27

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Active

HICKESON (NOMINEES) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-03-27 · resigned 2010-09-07

Resigned

WHITE ROSE FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-10 · resigned 1998-03-27

Resigned

WRF INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-10 · resigned 1998-03-27

Resigned

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