ARLEEN WILD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05603772 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-26
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£-154.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
47 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £154,223

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£154k
↓ 8.4% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↑ 5.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£154k-£121k-£87k-£54k-£21k£13kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£-5.0k£-5.0k
Current assets£12.9k£12.2k
Net assets£-154.2k£-142.3k

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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-27
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  10. 2020-07-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-07-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  15. 2016-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2005-10-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ARLEEN WILD LIMITED
  17. 2005-10-26
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    WILD, Simon Nicholas appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-10-26
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    WILD, Arleen Joy appointed
    director
  19. 2005-10-26
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    WILD, Simon Nicholas 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WILD" — 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 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Mrs Arleen Joy Wild
Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/10/2016
Mr Simon Nicholas Wild
Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/10/2016

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
Incorporated2005-10-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

Poplar Farm Cottage Parsons Drove
Billinghay
Lincoln
LN4 4BB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-09
Last: 2025-10-26

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

WILD, Simon Nicholas→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-26
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Active
WILD, Arleen Joy→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-10-26
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Active
WILD, Simon Nicholas→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-10-26
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Active

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Recent filings (47 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-07-27