ARROW ENGINEERING (SCUNTHORPE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04700579 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-18
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 17.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.2 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 (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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 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£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees11001100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2026-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2022-11-15
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  9. 2022-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-02-07
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    SHAW, Robin resigned
    director
  13. 2020-12-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2009-05-11
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    SPARKS, Ian appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-05-11
    ➕
    FLETCHER, Andrew Stuart appointed
    director
  20. 2009-05-11
    ➕
    SHUCKSMITH, Ian Robert appointed
    director
  21. 2009-05-11
    ➕
    SPARKS, Ian appointed
    director
  22. 2009-05-11
    ➖
    CARVER, Barbara resigned
    secretary
  23. 2009-05-11
    ➖
    CARVER, Barbara resigned
    director
  24. 2009-05-11
    ➖
    CARVER, John Hamilton resigned
    director
  25. 2009-05-11
    ➕
    SHAW, Robin appointed
    director
  26. 2009-05-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: John Hamilton Carver and Barbara Carver
  27. 2003-03-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ARROW ENGINEERING (SCUNTHORPE) LIMITED
  28. 2003-03-18
    ➕
    CARVER, Barbara appointed
    secretary
  29. 2003-03-18
    ➕
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2003-03-18
    ➖
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2003-03-18
    ➕
    CARVER, Barbara appointed
    director
  32. 2003-03-18
    ➕
    CARVER, John Hamilton appointed
    director
  33. 2003-03-18
    ➕
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 2003-03-18
    ➖
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Arrow Engineering Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Arrow Engineering Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ARROW ENGINEERING (SCUNTHORPE) LIMITED
This company · 04700579

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Arrow Engineering Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/11/2022

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-03-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Trent Remine Workshop, Dawes
Lane, Scunthorpe
North Lincs
DN15 6UW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

SPARKS, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2009-05-11
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Active
FLETCHER, Andrew Stuart→
director · ~51y · appointed 2009-05-11
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Active
SHUCKSMITH, Ian Robert→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPARKS, Ian→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARVER, Barbara→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-18 · resigned 2009-05-11
Resigned
ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-18 · resigned 2003-03-18
Resigned
CARVER, Barbara→
director · ~82y · appointed 2003-03-18 · resigned 2009-05-11
Resigned
CARVER, John Hamilton→
director · ~83y · appointed 2003-03-18 · resigned 2009-05-11
Resigned
SHAW, Robin→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-05-11 · resigned 2021-02-07
Resigned
AR NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-18 · resigned 2003-03-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
John Hamilton Carver and Barbara Carver
Debenture1 property11/05/2009—
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Recent filings (71 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-11-15
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22