ARENA PROTECTIVE COATINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04133663 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-29
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
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Treatment and coating of metals
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
66 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees16001600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-18
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  3. 2023-12-11
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  4. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-02
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-28
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2018-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-07-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2016-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-14
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-05-01
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    SPEIGHT, Ross appointed
    director
  17. 2001-02-14
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    SPEIGHT, Julie appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-02-14
    ➕
    SPEIGHT, Kevin Andrew appointed
    director
  19. 2001-02-14
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    THOMPSON, Terence James resigned
    secretary
  20. 2001-02-14
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    THOMPSON, Michael resigned
    director
  21. 2001-02-14
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    THOMPSON, Terence James resigned
    director
  22. 2000-12-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ARENA PROTECTIVE COATINGS LIMITED
  23. 2000-12-29
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    THOMPSON, Terence James appointed
    secretary
  24. 2000-12-29
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Michael appointed
    director
  25. 2000-12-29
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Terence James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 65. 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 25 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin Andrew Speight
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control07/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Kevin Andrew Speightceased 15/07/2016· significant influence · firm interest

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
Incorporated2000-12-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25610 — Treatment and coating of metals

Registered office

41 Randale Drive
Unsworth
Bury
Lancashire
BL9 8NF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SPEIGHT, Julie→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPEIGHT, Kevin Andrew→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPEIGHT, Ross→
director · ~38y · appointed 2015-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMPSON, Terence James→
secretary · appointed 2000-12-29 · resigned 2001-02-14
Resigned
THOMPSON, Michael→
director · ~71y · appointed 2000-12-29 · resigned 2001-02-14
Resigned
THOMPSON, Terence James→
director · ~77y · appointed 2000-12-29 · resigned 2001-02-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-29
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2018-12-28