ARROW LIFT ENGINEERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03563387 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-13

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 28.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to May 2024

Net worth

£920.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33190

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.1y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 28.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £920,640

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£810k

Net Worth

£921k

Current Assets

£2.0m

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-05-31
Total assets	£1.07M
Current assets	£1.99M
Cash	£809.9k
Debtors	£993.0k
Net assets	£920.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-05-15
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
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PHILLIPS, Nicola Ann appointed
director
2025-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-05
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-05-05
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-25
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CHENTRENS, Dean Antony appointed
director
2022-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-11
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PHILLIPS, Harvey John appointed
director
2021-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-13
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-08-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2020-03-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-08
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Charge satisfied #1
1998-06-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Anpal Finance Limited
1998-05-13
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Company incorporated
As ARROW LIFT ENGINEERS LIMITED
1998-05-13
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PHILLIPS, Nicola Ann appointed
secretary
1998-05-13
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PHILLIPS, Iain James appointed
director
1998-05-13
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FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-05-13
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FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-05-13
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FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1998-05-13
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FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PHILLIPS, Harvey John (same surname) appointed 2022-01-11. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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
Mrs Nicola Ann Phillips Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	26/01/2026
Mr Iain James Phillips Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	11/05/2017

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

Incorporated1998-05-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Unit J1 Ascot Business Park

Lyndhurst Road

Ascot

Berkshire

SL5 9FE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-27

Last: 2026-05-13