ARTISAN ARMOURS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05414758 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-05
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-15
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    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-09
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2018-03-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2018-03-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  13. 2018-03-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2017-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2005-04-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTISAN ARMOURS LIMITED
  17. 2005-04-05
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    BRINDLE, Simon Christian appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-04-05
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    BRINDLE, Simon Christian appointed
    director
  19. 2005-04-05
    ➕
    JONES, Nichola appointed
    director
  20. 2005-04-05
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-04-05
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  22. 2005-04-05
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2005-04-05
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Simon Christian Brindle
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/05/2017
Nichola Jones
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/05/2017

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
Incorporated2005-04-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

55 Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1QL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-21
Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BRINDLE, Simon Christian→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-05
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Active
BRINDLE, Simon Christian→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-04-05
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Active
JONES, Nichola→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-04-05
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Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-05 · resigned 2005-04-05
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-04-05 · resigned 2005-04-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-18
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accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-12