SALIENT ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
04131132 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-27
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,408

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 9.5% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 323% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1k£2k£3k£4k£5kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.4k£1.3k
Current assets£5.4k£1.3k
Net assets£1.4k£1.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-29
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  3. 2023-12-10
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  4. 2023-02-03
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  5. 2021-12-21
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  6. 2020-12-20
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  7. 2019-09-03
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  8. 2018-11-27
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  9. 2018-01-03
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  10. 2017-01-13
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    address · AD01
  11. 2017-01-07
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-02-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-03-17
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  15. 2015-03-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2009-11-05
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    NOMINAL SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2004-02-03
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    TYLER, Michael John appointed
    director
  18. 2002-03-31
    ➕
    ARNOLD, Andrew Edgar appointed
    director
  19. 2002-03-31
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    GOODWIN, Neil Owen resigned
    director
  20. 2001-07-16
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    NOMINAL SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2001-07-16
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    GOODWIN, Neil Owen appointed
    director
  22. 2000-12-27
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    Company incorporated
    As SALIENT ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LTD
  23. 2000-12-27
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-12-27
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-12-27
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2000-12-27
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Andrew Edgar Arnold
Individual · English · DOB 05/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/04/2016
Michael John Tyler
Individual · English · DOB 08/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-12-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

3 Hall Meadow
Hagley
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY9 9LE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-10
Last: 2025-12-27

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

ARNOLD, Andrew Edgar→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TYLER, Michael John→
director · ~77y · appointed 2004-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-12-27 · resigned 2000-12-27
Resigned
NOMINAL SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-07-16 · resigned 2009-11-05
Resigned
GOODWIN, Neil Owen→
director · ~77y · appointed 2001-07-16 · resigned 2002-03-31
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-12-27 · resigned 2000-12-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

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2025-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-11
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accounts · AA
2024-12-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-16