ARCH CHEMICALS UK FINANCE

🌳Matureactive
05090446 · private-unlimited · incorporated 2004-03-31
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
18 officers (4 active, 18 linked, 14 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-31
Average employees0

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-06-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-06-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-06-10
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    OSWALD, Rabea appointed
    director
  8. 2024-06-10
    ➕
    WIRTZ, Jacov Ruben appointed
    director
  9. 2024-06-10
    ➖
    KELLY, Anthony William resigned
    director
  10. 2023-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-03-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2023-02-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  13. 2023-01-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2022-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-05-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2019-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-08-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  20. 2019-08-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2017-05-10
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    CARTER, Nichols Thomas appointed
    secretary
  22. 2017-05-10
    ➖
    BAKER, Stephen Martin resigned
    secretary
  23. 2017-05-10
    ➖
    BAKER, Stephen Martin resigned
    director
  24. 2017-03-02
    ➖
    BARRY, Andrew resigned
    director
  25. 2017-03-02
    ➕
    KELLY, Anthony William appointed
    director
  26. 2016-07-04
    ➖
    MERKLE, Arthur Frederick resigned
    director
  27. 2016-07-01
    ➕
    CARTER, Nicholas Thomas appointed
    director
  28. 2016-01-04
    ➕
    MERKLE, Arthur Frederick appointed
    director
  29. 2015-07-31
    ➖
    WALDEN, Rick L resigned
    director
  30. 2014-11-26
    ➕
    BAKER, Stephen Martin appointed
    secretary
  31. 2014-11-26
    ➖
    WALDMAN, Scott Bradley resigned
    secretary
  32. 2014-11-26
    ➕
    BARRY, Andrew appointed
    director
  33. 2014-11-26
    ➖
    WALDMAN, Scott Bradley resigned
    director
  34. 2011-10-27
    ➖
    O'CONNOR, Sarah Ann resigned
    secretary
  35. 2011-10-27
    ➕
    WALDMAN, Scott Bradley appointed
    secretary
  36. 2011-10-27
    ➖
    GIULIANO, Steven C resigned
    director
  37. 2011-10-27
    ➖
    O'CONNOR, Sarah Ann resigned
    director
  38. 2011-10-27
    ➕
    WALDMAN, Scott Bradley appointed
    director
  39. 2010-03-31
    ➕
    BAKER, Stephen Martin appointed
    director
  40. 2010-03-31
    ➖
    BUCHAN, Graham resigned
    director
  41. 2009-12-21
    ➕
    WALDEN, Rick L appointed
    director
  42. 2009-10-22
    ➖
    MASSIMO, Louis Steven resigned
    director
  43. 2007-06-28
    ➖
    CRANEY, Paul resigned
    director
  44. 2007-06-28
    ➕
    GIULIANO, Steven C appointed
    director
  45. 2007-03-27
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Graham appointed
    director
  46. 2004-03-31
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    Company incorporated
    As ARCH CHEMICALS UK FINANCE
  47. 2004-03-31
    ➕
    O'CONNOR, Sarah Ann appointed
    secretary
  48. 2004-03-31
    ➕
    CRANEY, Paul appointed
    director
  49. 2004-03-31
    ➕
    MASSIMO, Louis Steven appointed
    director
  50. 2004-03-31
    ➕
    O'CONNOR, Sarah Ann appointed
    director

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

Succession & seller-readiness

35/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Group structure

Arch Chemicals Uk Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Arch Chemicals Uk Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ARCH CHEMICALS UK FINANCE
This company · 05090446

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
Arch Chemicals Uk Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/08/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Nicholas Thomas Carterceased 20/08/2019· significant influence

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated2004-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

Hexagon Tower Crumpsall Vale
Blackley
Manchester
M9 8GQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (4 active · 14 resigned)

CARTER, Nichols Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2017-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARTER, Nicholas Thomas→
director · ~45y · appointed 2016-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALD, Rabea→
director · ~54y · appointed 2024-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WIRTZ, Jacov Ruben→
director · ~49y · appointed 2024-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAKER, Stephen Martin→
secretary · appointed 2014-11-26 · resigned 2017-05-10
Resigned
O'CONNOR, Sarah Ann→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-31 · resigned 2011-10-27
Resigned
WALDMAN, Scott Bradley→
secretary · appointed 2011-10-27 · resigned 2014-11-26
Resigned
BAKER, Stephen Martin→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-03-31 · resigned 2017-05-10
Resigned
BARRY, Andrew→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-11-26 · resigned 2017-03-02
Resigned
BUCHAN, Graham→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-03-27 · resigned 2010-03-31
Resigned
CRANEY, Paul→
director · ~78y · appointed 2004-03-31 · resigned 2007-06-28
Resigned
GIULIANO, Steven C→
director · ~57y · appointed 2007-06-28 · resigned 2011-10-27
Resigned
KELLY, Anthony William→
director · ~63y · appointed 2017-03-02 · resigned 2024-06-10
Resigned
MASSIMO, Louis Steven→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-03-31 · resigned 2009-10-22
Resigned
MERKLE, Arthur Frederick→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-01-04 · resigned 2016-07-04
Resigned
O'CONNOR, Sarah Ann→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-03-31 · resigned 2011-10-27
Resigned
WALDEN, Rick L→
director · ~73y · appointed 2009-12-21 · resigned 2015-07-31
Resigned
WALDMAN, Scott Bradley→
director · ~56y · appointed 2011-10-27 · resigned 2014-11-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (86 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-02-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-03