ARROWGRADE LTD
🌳Matureactive
04392828 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-12
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 23.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 23.7y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2026-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
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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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-01📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-05📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2002-12-11🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2002-10-17🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2002-10-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2002-06-05➕HALPERN, Samuel appointedsecretary
- 2002-05-28➕HALPERN, Joshua appointedsecretary
- 2002-05-28➕HALPERN, Joshua appointeddirector
- 2002-05-28➕HALPERN, Samuel appointeddirector
- 2002-03-26➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-03-26➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-03-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ARROWGRADE LTD
- 2002-03-12➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-03-12➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 68 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Joshua Halpern Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
1st Floor Cloister House
New Bailey Street
Salford
M3 5FS
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
HALPERN, Joshua→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2002-05-28
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HALPERN, Samuel→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2002-05-28
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-12 · resigned 2002-03-26
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-03-12 · resigned 2002-03-26
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Supplemental deed to morgage and charge | 1 property | 11/12/2002 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Mortgage and charge | 1 property | 17/10/2002 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Debenture | 1 property | 17/10/2002 | — |
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Recent filings (66 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-21