ARANHA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05674200 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-13
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
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26512
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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, 2 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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.

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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Average employees200200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-01-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-08-07
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-08-07
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2023-12-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-01-01
    ➕
    POSTLETHWAITE, Denise appointed
    director
  17. 2011-04-08
    ➖
    POSTLETHWAITE, Denise resigned
    director
  18. 2010-09-21
    ➕
    POSTLETHWAITE, Stephen Richard appointed
    director
  19. 2006-01-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARANHA LIMITED
  20. 2006-01-13
    ➕
    POSTLETHWAITE, Stephen Richard appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-01-13
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-01-13
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-01-13
    ➕
    POSTLETHWAITE, Denise appointed
    director
  24. 2006-01-13
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2006-01-13
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Denise Postlethwaite
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares29/01/2026
Mr Stephen Richard Postlethwaite
Individual · British · DOB 08/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Denise Postlethwaiteceased 29/01/2026· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2006-01-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26512 — SIC 26512

Registered office

1 Sun Street
Irelath
Cumbria
LA16 7ET

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-27
Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

POSTLETHWAITE, Stephen Richard→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POSTLETHWAITE, Denise→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POSTLETHWAITE, Stephen Richard→
director · ~53y · appointed 2010-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-13 · resigned 2006-01-13
Resigned
POSTLETHWAITE, Denise→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-01-13 · resigned 2011-04-08
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-13 · resigned 2006-01-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22