ARKZ LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04775809 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-23
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-2.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
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
59 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,282
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,192 YoY
Cash YoY
+519%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↑ 519% YoY
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 219% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£2k-£164£2k£4k£6k£8kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-2.3k£1.9k
Current assets£8.3k£6.4k
Cash£2.0k£316
Net assets£-2.3k£1.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-13
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  3. 2024-02-27
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  4. 2023-02-10
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  5. 2022-02-14
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  6. 2021-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-02-24
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2020-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-20
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-02-19
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-02-19
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-05-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2004-06-01
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    ZANDIYEH, Ali Reza Kambiez, Dr appointed
    secretary
  17. 2004-06-01
    ➖
    ZANDIYEH, Razieh resigned
    secretary
  18. 2003-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ARKZ LIMITED
  19. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    ZANDIYEH, Ali Reza Kambiez, Dr appointed
    director
  20. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    ZANDIYEH, Razieh appointed
    director
  21. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    ZANDIYEH, Razieh appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-05-23
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-05-23
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    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 66 — 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 66. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Razieh Zandiyeh
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2017

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
Incorporated2003-05-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

The Whispers
Newbridge Lane, Covenham Street
Mary Louth
Lincolnshire
LN11 0PQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-02
Last: 2026-05-19

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ZANDIYEH, Ali Reza Kambiez, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ZANDIYEH, Ali Reza Kambiez, Dr→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ZANDIYEH, Razieh→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ZANDIYEH, Razieh→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-23 · resigned 2004-06-01
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-23 · resigned 2003-05-23
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-23 · resigned 2003-05-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-18