ARTLETT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04771534 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-20
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 23.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
60 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
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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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-24➖STONE, Benny resignedsecretary
- 2025-06-24📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-26📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2015-07-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2003-06-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Totty Developments Limited
- 2003-06-12➕ADLER, Jacob appointedsecretary
- 2003-06-12➕ADLER, Pearl appointeddirector
- 2003-06-12➖OLSBERG, Bernard resignednominee-secretary
- 2003-06-12➖OLSBERG, Rachel Hannah resignednominee-director
- 2003-05-20🏢Company incorporatedAs ARTLETT LIMITED
- 2003-05-20➕NEUWIRTH, David appointeddirector
- 2003-05-20➕OLSBERG, Bernard appointednominee-secretary
- 2003-05-20➕STONE, Benny appointedsecretary
- 2003-05-20➕OLSBERG, Rachel Hannah appointednominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- 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
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 Aubrey Weis Individual · British · DOB 12/1949 · age 77 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 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
Incorporated2003-05-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
1 Allanadale Court
Waterpark Road
Salford
M7 4JN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-03
Last: 2026-05-20
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
Active
ADLER, Pearl→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2003-06-12
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NEUWIRTH, David→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2003-05-20
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OLSBERG, Bernard→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2003-06-12
STONE, Benny→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2025-06-24
OLSBERG, Rachel Hannah→
Resignednominee-director · ~78y · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2003-06-12
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/07/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Totty Developments Totty Developments Limited | Legal charge | 1 property | 19/06/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (60 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-18