A.R.D. DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03935125 · ltd · incorporated 2000-02-28

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£19.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 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

70 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 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £19,700

Net assets shrinking

Down £19,716 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£20k

↓ 50% YoY

Current Assets

£158k

↑ 46% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£19.7k	£39.4k
Current assets	£158.2k	£108.6k
Net assets	£19.7k	£39.4k

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

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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

filing

• 1 address

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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address · AD01
2025-10-10
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accounts · AA
2024-10-08
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accounts · AA
2023-12-12
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accounts · AA
2022-08-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
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accounts · AA
2021-09-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-10
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officers · CH03
2021-09-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-27
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-07-27
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accounts · AA
2017-12-18
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accounts · AA
2014-10-14
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DAVIS, Richard Alan appointed
director
2000-02-28
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Company incorporated
As A.R.D. DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
2000-02-28
➕
DAVIS, Denise Jane appointed
secretary
2000-02-28
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DAVIS, Alan Richard appointed
director
2000-02-28
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ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-02-28
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ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-02-28
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AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-02-28
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AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+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 64. 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 Alan Richard Davis Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	01/02/2017
Mr Richard Davis Individual · British · DOB 07/1984 · age 42	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	01/02/2017

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

Incorporated2000-02-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

18 Clover Drive Hardwicke

Gloucester

Gloucestershire

GL2 4TG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-12

Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DAVIS, Denise Jane→

secretary · appointed 2000-02-28

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Active

DAVIS, Alan Richard→

director · ~64y · appointed 2000-02-28

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Active

DAVIS, Richard Alan→

director · ~42y · appointed 2014-10-14

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Active

ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-02-28 · resigned 2000-02-28

Resigned

AR NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-02-28 · resigned 2000-02-28

Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

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address · AD01

2026-06-17

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-20