ART FEVER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05259802 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-14
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 14.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£17.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £17,438

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£17k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£64k
↓ 2.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£13k£26k£39k£52k£65kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£36.3k£14.4k
Current assets£63.7k£65.3k
Net assets£17.4k£14.4k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2022-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-17
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2020-10-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-10-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-10-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-25
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-05-26
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-10-15
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2012-07-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
  19. 2004-10-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ART FEVER LIMITED
  20. 2004-10-14
    ➕
    SIGGERS, Beverley Jayne appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-10-14
    ➕
    SIGGERS, Beverley Jayne appointed
    director
  22. 2004-10-14
    ➕
    SIGGERS, John Ronald appointed
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 68. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Ronald Siggers
Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/10/2016

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
Incorporated2004-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

4-6 Fancy Road
Poole
BH12 4QZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SIGGERS, Beverley Jayne→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-14
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Active
SIGGERS, Beverley Jayne→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-10-14
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Active
SIGGERS, John Ronald→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-10-14
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
All assets debenture1 property18/07/201215/10/2013

Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-10-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-14