ARCHGOLD INVESTMENTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

05465594 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-27

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to May 2025

Net worth

£28.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Fund management activities

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £28,236

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£28k

~ YoY

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£28.6k	£28.6k
Net assets	£28.2k	£28.2k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-02-17
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2025-01-23
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2023-01-19
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2022-02-21
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2021-02-15
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2020-02-13
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2017-02-21
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2016-02-16
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2015-11-05
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2015-02-25
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2014-11-27
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2014-11-04
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EVANS, Martin Roger resigned
director
2010-11-01
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PENFOLD, Roger George resigned
secretary
2010-01-22
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MORGAN, Vivian John appointed
director
2010-01-15
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PENFOLD, Roger George resigned
director
2005-06-27
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OWENS, Gordon Philip appointed
director
2005-06-27
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EVANS, Martin Roger appointed
director
2005-06-14
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ROBINSON, Paul Kenneth appointed
director
2005-06-14
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PENFOLD, Roger George appointed
secretary
2005-06-14
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PENFOLD, Roger George appointed
director
2005-06-10
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2005-06-10
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2005-05-27
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Company incorporated
As ARCHGOLD INVESTMENTS LTD
2005-05-27
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2005-05-27
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-05-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities

Registered office

21 Oakfield Park

Wellington

Somerset

TA21 8EX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-20

Last: 2025-07-06

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

MORGAN, Vivian John→

director · ~83y · appointed 2010-01-22

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Active

OWENS, Gordon Philip→

director · ~72y · appointed 2005-06-27

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Active

ROBINSON, Paul Kenneth→

director · ~74y · appointed 2005-06-14

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Active

PENFOLD, Roger George→

secretary · appointed 2005-06-14 · resigned 2010-11-01

Resigned

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-27 · resigned 2005-06-10

Resigned

EVANS, Martin Roger→

director · ~68y · appointed 2005-06-27 · resigned 2014-11-04

Resigned

PENFOLD, Roger George→

director · ~85y · appointed 2005-06-14 · resigned 2010-01-15

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-05-27 · resigned 2005-06-10

Resigned

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