ARLA FOODS PENSION PLAN TRUSTEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03540680 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-03

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

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not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

46 officers (7 active, 46 linked, 38 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

179 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

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 (103 events)Click to expand

2025-09-23
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2025-08-11
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WILLIAMS, David Anthony James appointed
director
2025-08-11
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officers · AP01
2025-08-11
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officers · TM01
2025-08-08
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JOSEPHS, Colin Michael resigned
director
2024-08-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
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officers · CH01
2024-04-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
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officers · AP01
2023-07-19
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officers · TM01
2023-07-01
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MULLANEY, Stephen James appointed
director
2023-06-30
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LYNESS, Colin Vincent resigned
director
2023-03-27
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officers · AP01
2023-03-27
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officers · TM01
2023-01-01
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JOSEPHS, Colin Michael appointed
director
2022-11-04
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DOBSON, John David Leonard resigned
director
2022-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-07
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officers · AP01
2021-04-12
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NICHOLS, Stephen Paul appointed
director
2021-04-12
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LAMBERT, John Derek resigned
director
2020-10-20
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accounts · AA
2019-11-06
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accounts · AA
2018-05-01
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FULLER, Geoffrey Charles appointed
director
2018-04-30
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ADAMS, David Geoffrey resigned
director
2017-04-26
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MORGAN, Mark Miller appointed
director
2017-04-26
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FIRTH, David Alwyn resigned
director
2017-04-26
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LAMBERT, John Derek appointed
director
2017-04-14
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NICHOLS, Stephen Paul resigned
director
2017-02-13
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MORGAN, Mark Miller resigned
director
2015-10-19
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PRICE, John Philip resigned
director
2015-09-01
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WILLIAMS, David resigned
director
2013-06-11
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ALLINSON, Anthony resigned
director
2013-06-11
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LYNESS, Colin Vincent appointed
director
2013-06-11
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MORGAN, Mark Miller appointed
director
2013-06-11
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NICHOLS, Stephen Paul appointed
director
2013-06-11
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WALKER, Ralph Peter resigned
director
2013-06-11
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WILLIAMS, David appointed
director
2012-10-14
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WATSON, Dennis resigned
director
2010-12-02
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SALTER, Brian Roy resigned
director
2010-05-31
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PHILLIPS, John Steven appointed
secretary
2010-05-31
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SKINNER, Rachel resigned
secretary
2009-05-26
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BROTHERHOOD, Paul Anthony resigned
director
2009-05-26
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DOBSON, John David Leonard appointed
director
2009-05-26
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MORGAN, Mark Miller resigned
director
2009-05-26
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PRICE, John Philip appointed
director
2009-05-26
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WATSON, Dennis appointed
director
2009-05-26
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WILSON, Adrian resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 103 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️

Arla Foods Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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Arla Foods Holdings Company Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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ARLA FOODS PENSION PLAN TRUSTEES LIMITED

This company · 03540680

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Arla Foods Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Arla Foods Holdings Company Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1998-04-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Arla House, 4 Savannah Way

Leeds Valley Park

Leeds

Yorkshire

LS10 1AB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-17

Last: 2026-04-03