3ARC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05754303 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-23
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£33.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
58 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £33,320
Net assets shrinking
Down £22,389 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£33k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£152k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£30k£61k£91k£122k£152kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£57.9k£98.5k
Current assets£152.4k£118.3k
Net assets£33.3k£55.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2023-12-19
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  4. 2022-12-07
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  5. 2022-03-09
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  6. 2022-03-09
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  7. 2022-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2021-01-15
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  9. 2020-01-03
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  10. 2019-01-14
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-22
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    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2017-08-22
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    Charge satisfied #1
  14. 2017-01-04
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-01-07
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-12-12
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    HOLWAY, Timothy Shepherd resigned
    director
  18. 2009-08-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2009-06-26
    ➕
    WALTERS, Peter Edwin appointed
    director
  20. 2007-01-31
    ➕
    WALTERS, Peter Edwin appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-01-31
    ➖
    MCCLEAN, Mark Francis resigned
    secretary
  22. 2006-06-28
    ➖
    WALTERS, Peter Edwin resigned
    director
  23. 2006-05-26
    ➖
    MCCLEAN, Jean Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  24. 2006-04-09
    ➕
    MCCLEAN, Jean Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-04-06
    ➕
    WALTERS, Peter Edwin appointed
    director
  26. 2006-03-23
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    Company incorporated
    As 3ARC LIMITED
  27. 2006-03-23
    ➕
    MCCLEAN, Mark Francis appointed
    director
  28. 2006-03-23
    ➕
    MCCLEAN, Mark Francis appointed
    secretary
  29. 2006-03-23
    ➕
    HOLWAY, Timothy Shepherd appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Mr Mark Francis Mcclean
Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Peter Edwin Walters
Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73
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
Incorporated2006-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

1 School Lane
Aston
Stevenage
SG2 7HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

WALTERS, Peter Edwin→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCLEAN, Mark Francis→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALTERS, Peter Edwin→
director · ~73y · appointed 2009-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCLEAN, Jean Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-09 · resigned 2006-05-26
Resigned
MCCLEAN, Mark Francis→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-23 · resigned 2007-01-31
Resigned
HOLWAY, Timothy Shepherd→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-03-23 · resigned 2011-12-12
Resigned
WALTERS, Peter Edwin→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-04-06 · resigned 2006-06-28
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 property27/08/200922/08/2017

Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-19