ARCADE EXPERTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05436349 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-26

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£3.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33130

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,396

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£237

Net Worth

£3k

↑ 28% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

↑ 7.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-25	2024-04-25
Total assets	£3.5k	£2.8k
Current assets	£3.5k	£3.3k
Cash	£237	—
Debtors	£232	£232
Net assets	£3.4k	£2.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-01-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-30
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-05-21
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-05-22
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2005-04-26
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Company incorporated
As ARCADE EXPERTS LIMITED
2005-04-26
➕
TEMPLETON, Woon Yu appointed
secretary
2005-04-26
➕
TEMPLETON, Mark David appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 21 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark David Templeton Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	26/04/2016
Mrs Woon Yu Templeton Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	26/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-04-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33130 — SIC 33130

Registered office

Swing Trees

134 Pickersleigh Road

Malvern

Worcestershire

WR14 2RT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-25

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-10

Last: 2026-04-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TEMPLETON, Woon Yu→

secretary · appointed 2005-04-26

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Active

TEMPLETON, Mark David→

director · ~66y · appointed 2005-04-26

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