ARROWMAIL LTD

🌳Matureactive

04079706 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-28

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2026

Net worth

£10.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Data processing, hosting and related activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

73 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £10,015

Net assets shrinking

Down £790 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£10k

↓ 7.3% YoY

Current Assets

£9k

↑ 1.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-02-28	2025-02-28
Total assets	£12.1k	£13.0k
Current assets	£9.4k	£9.2k
Net assets	£10.0k	£10.8k

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

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-04-01
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DENT, Elizabeth Ann Shirley resigned
secretary
2026-04-01
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officers · TM02
2026-03-19
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2025-11-20
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2024-11-13
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accounts · AA
2023-11-13
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accounts · AA
2022-10-17
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accounts · AA
2021-10-20
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accounts · AA
2021-06-08
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address · AD01
2021-06-08
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address · AD01
2021-06-08
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address · AD01
2020-10-04
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accounts · AA
2020-10-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-06-25
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address · AD01
2019-10-12
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2018-09-09
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accounts · AA
2017-10-08
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accounts · AA
2012-07-01
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DENT, Richard appointed
director
2012-01-31
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DENT, Richard resigned
director
2012-01-26
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DENT, Elizabeth Ann Shirley appointed
director
2000-10-11
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DENT, Elizabeth Ann Shirley appointed
secretary
2000-10-11
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DENT, Richard appointed
director
2000-09-28
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Company incorporated
As ARROWMAIL LTD
2000-09-28
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UK COMPANYSHOP LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-28
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UK COMPANYSHOP LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-28
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ADEY, Jane appointed
nominee-director
2000-09-28
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ADEY, Jane resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

81/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-09-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC63110 — Data processing, hosting and related activities

Registered office

5 Loyne Park

Whittington

Lancashire

LA6 2NL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-11-30

Last made up to: 2026-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-12

Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

DENT, Elizabeth Ann Shirley→

director · ~66y · appointed 2012-01-26

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Active

DENT, Richard→

director · ~70y · appointed 2012-07-01

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Active

DENT, Elizabeth Ann Shirley→

secretary · appointed 2000-10-11 · resigned 2026-04-01

Resigned

UK COMPANYSHOP LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-09-28 · resigned 2000-09-28

Resigned

ADEY, Jane→

nominee-director · ~65y · appointed 2000-09-28 · resigned 2000-09-28

Resigned

DENT, Richard→

director · ~70y · appointed 2000-10-11 · resigned 2012-01-31

Resigned

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