ARTWARE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05382908 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£527.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
64 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
Positive net assets
Net assets £527,518

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£528k
Current Assets
£506k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£106k£211k£317k£422k£528kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£527.5k—
Current assets£505.6k—
Net assets£527.5k—
Average employees—100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-21
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2024-05-17
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-03
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  10. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-08-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-04-26
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  14. 2019-01-17
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  15. 2018-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-02-09
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  17. 2014-02-28
    ➖
    MATTHEWS, Richard Thomas Stephen resigned
    secretary
  18. 2014-02-28
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    MATTHEWS, Richard Thomas Stephen resigned
    director
  19. 2005-03-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTWARE LIMITED
  20. 2005-03-04
    ➕
    PAGE-TURNER, Gregory Ambrose Martin Blaydes appointed
    director
  21. 2005-03-04
    ➕
    MATTHEWS, Richard Thomas Stephen appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-03-04
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-03-04
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-03-04
    ➕
    MATTHEWS, Richard Thomas Stephen appointed
    director
  25. 2005-03-04
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2005-03-04
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gregory Ambrose Martin Blaydes Page-Turner
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Wessex House
Teign Road
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 4AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

PAGE-TURNER, Gregory Ambrose Martin Blaydes→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MATTHEWS, Richard Thomas Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-04 · resigned 2014-02-28
Resigned
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-03-04 · resigned 2005-03-04
Resigned
MATTHEWS, Richard Thomas Stephen→
director · ~92y · appointed 2005-03-04 · resigned 2014-02-28
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-03-04 · resigned 2005-03-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-05-21
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-04