ARCMORE ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04658245 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-06
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
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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, 2 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2021-10-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-07-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-11-05
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    PEARSON, Angela Kay appointed
    director
  17. 2013-02-03
    ➖
    WHBC NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2011-03-06
    ➕
    WHBC NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2011-01-21
    ➖
    DJ COULTER &ASSOCIATES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-04-11
    ➕
    PEARSON, Tony appointed
    director
  21. 2003-04-01
    ➖
    WHBC NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-02-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARCMORE ENGINEERING LIMITED
  23. 2003-02-06
    ➕
    DJ COULTER &ASSOCIATES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-02-06
    ➕
    WHBC NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mrs Angela Kay Pearson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Tony Pearson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-02-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

20 Thackeray Road
Larkfield
Aylesford
ME20 6TJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PEARSON, Angela Kay→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEARSON, Tony→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DJ COULTER &ASSOCIATES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-06 · resigned 2011-01-21
Resigned
WHBC NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-03-06 · resigned 2013-02-03
Resigned
WHBC NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-06 · resigned 2003-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-16