ARKLEY NURSERY LANDSCAPE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04887161 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-04
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400300

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-10-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-10-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2025-10-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-10-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2024-10-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-10-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2024-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-09-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-09-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2022-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2003-09-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ARKLEY NURSERY LANDSCAPE LIMITED
  19. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    KEEP, Rosaline appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    AILES, Rodney John appointed
    director
  21. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    KEEP, Rosaline appointed
    director
  22. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-09-04
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-09-04
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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 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
Mr Rodney John Ailes
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/10/2024
Ms Rosaline Keep
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/09/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Rodney John Ailesceased 16/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2003-09-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

Arkley Nursery Long Drove
Cottenham
Cambridge
CB24 8RL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KEEP, Rosaline→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AILES, Rodney John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEEP, Rosaline→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2003-09-04
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2003-09-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-10-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05