ARIEL CORPORATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04590711 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-14
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 23.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.3 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: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
60 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-15
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2019-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2004-10-01
    ➕
    JUCHAUD, Monique appointed
    secretary
  16. 2004-10-01
    ➖
    DONOVAN, David resigned
    secretary
  17. 2003-03-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  18. 2002-11-22
    ➖
    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2002-11-22
    ➖
    WING, Donald Edward resigned
    director
  20. 2002-11-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARIEL CORPORATION LIMITED
  21. 2002-11-14
    ➕
    HAZZARD, Gary Richard appointed
    director
  22. 2002-11-14
    ➕
    JUCHAUD, Monique appointed
    director
  23. 2002-11-14
    ➕
    DONOVAN, David appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-11-14
    ➕
    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-11-14
    ➕
    WING, Donald Edward appointed
    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 79 — 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 79 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 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

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
Mr Gary Richard Hazzard
Individual · British · DOB 05/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest06/04/2016
Ms Monique Juchaud
Individual · French · DOB 08/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-11-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

May House
Vicarage Close
Lingfield
Surrey
RH7 6EZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-04
Last: 2025-12-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

JUCHAUD, Monique→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAZZARD, Gary Richard→
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JUCHAUD, Monique→
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DONOVAN, David→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2004-10-01
Resigned
RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2002-11-22
Resigned
WING, Donald Edward→
director · ~102y · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2002-11-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property04/03/2003—
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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2019-10-15