ARTHUR HAIGH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05470573 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-02
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10130
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46320Wholesale of meat and meat products
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). 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 20.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.8 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, 2 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees700700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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 (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-02-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-09-01
    ➕
    HAIGH, Hazel Jayne appointed
    director
  14. 2017-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-14
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2016-12-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2016-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2009-12-16
    ➖
    COLLEY, Sarah Anne resigned
    secretary
  19. 2009-12-16
    ➖
    COLLEY, Sarah Anne resigned
    director
  20. 2005-08-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  21. 2005-06-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTHUR HAIGH LIMITED
  22. 2005-06-02
    ➕
    HAIGH, Doreen appointed
    director
  23. 2005-06-02
    ➕
    HAIGH, Duncan Bradley appointed
    director
  24. 2005-06-02
    ➕
    COLLEY, Sarah Anne appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-06-02
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-06-02
    ➖
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2005-06-02
    ➕
    COLLEY, Sarah Anne appointed
    director
  28. 2005-06-02
    ➕
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2005-06-02
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HAIGH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Duncan Bradley Haigh
Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Doreen Haigh
Individual · British · DOB 07/1943 · age 83
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-06-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10130 — SIC 10130

Registered office

Unit G Dalton Airfield
Industrial Estate Dalton
Thirsk
North Yorkshire
YO7 3HE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

HAIGH, Doreen→
director · ~83y · appointed 2005-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAIGH, Duncan Bradley→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAIGH, Hazel Jayne→
director · ~57y · appointed 2018-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLEY, Sarah Anne→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-02 · resigned 2009-12-16
Resigned
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-06-02 · resigned 2005-06-02
Resigned
COLLEY, Sarah Anne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-06-02 · resigned 2009-12-16
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-06-02 · resigned 2005-06-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property17/08/200514/12/2016

Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-25