AREWEN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04954697 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-05
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 2024
Net worth
£-4.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
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 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
54 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 £4,454

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£4k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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-£4k-£4k-£4k-£4k-£4k-£4kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£-4.5k£-4.5k
Net assets£-4.5k£-4.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-11-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2014-11-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2013-11-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-11-05
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    Company incorporated
    As AREWEN LIMITED
  17. 2003-11-05
    ➕
    WORTELHOCK, Deborah Jane appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-11-05
    ➕
    WORTELHOCK, Deborah Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2003-11-05
    ➕
    WORTELHOCK, Ross Neil appointed
    director
  20. 2003-11-05
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-11-05
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-11-05
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-11-05
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS 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 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
Mr Ross Neil Wortelhock
Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Deborah Jane Wortelhock
Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-11-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Elmswood
1 Fields Park Crescent
Newport
NP20 5BN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WORTELHOCK, Deborah Jane→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WORTELHOCK, Deborah Jane→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-11-05
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Active
WORTELHOCK, Ross Neil→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-05 · resigned 2003-11-05
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-11-05 · resigned 2003-11-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-09