A R TENNANT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04956054 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-06
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 11.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20£40£60£80£100Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£100£100
Debtors£100£100
Net assets£100£100

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-14
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  7. 2021-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-20
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    second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · RP04AR01
  9. 2021-07-07
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    second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · RP04AR01
  10. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-17
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  12. 2020-12-17
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2020-12-09
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2020-12-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2020-12-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2020-12-08
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2020-12-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2020-12-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2020-12-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2020-12-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2020-11-30
    ➕
    PEARS, Graham Mark appointed
    director
  22. 2020-11-30
    ➕
    PEARS, Jeffrey Gordon appointed
    director
  23. 2020-11-30
    ➖
    CROSHAW, Lesley Karen resigned
    secretary
  24. 2020-11-30
    ➖
    CROSHAW, Lesley Karen resigned
    director
  25. 2020-11-30
    ➖
    CROSHAW, Mark Douglas resigned
    director
  26. 2014-12-12
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: J G Pears (Holdings) Limited
  27. 2003-11-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A R TENNANT LIMITED
  28. 2003-11-06
    ➕
    CROSHAW, Lesley Karen appointed
    secretary
  29. 2003-11-06
    ➕
    CROSHAW, Lesley Karen appointed
    director
  30. 2003-11-06
    ➕
    CROSHAW, Mark Douglas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

A R Tennant Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A R Tennant Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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A R TENNANT LIMITED
This company · 04956054

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
A R Tennant Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Lesley Karen Croshawceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Mark Douglas Croshawceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-11-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Bella Vista Farm Hartcliffe Road
Penistone
Sheffield
S36 9FN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PEARS, Graham Mark→
director · ~41y · appointed 2020-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEARS, Jeffrey Gordon→
director · ~70y · appointed 2020-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROSHAW, Lesley Karen→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-06 · resigned 2020-11-30
Resigned
CROSHAW, Lesley Karen→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-11-06 · resigned 2020-11-30
Resigned
CROSHAW, Mark Douglas→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-11-06 · resigned 2020-11-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
J G Pears (Holdings)
J G Pears (Holdings) Limited
A registered charge—12/12/201404/12/2020

Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2021-07-20
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2021-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27