ART FOR INVESTMENT LTD

🌳Matureactive
05760804 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-29
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 13.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.40M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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 13.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £1,395,255

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.4m
↑ 2.9% YoY
Current Assets
£2.9m
↓ 2.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£590k£1.2m£1.8m£2.4m£3.0mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.42M£1.43M
Current assets£2.89M£2.95M
Net assets£1.40M£1.36M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-27
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-16
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    GRAY, Sian Lucy appointed
    director
  4. 2024-05-16
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-12-13
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  6. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2021-01-13
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  9. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-06-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-06-18
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  17. 2012-09-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  18. 2006-04-30
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    BJORNSGAARD, Erik Veeb appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-04-30
    ➕
    BJORNSGAARD, Erik Veeb appointed
    director
  20. 2006-04-30
    ➕
    POWELL, Edward Paul appointed
    director
  21. 2006-03-30
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-03-30
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  23. 2006-03-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ART FOR INVESTMENT LTD
  24. 2006-03-29
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-03-29
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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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Edward Paul Powell
Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

Crossways
Churt
Farnham
Surrey
GU10 2JA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BJORNSGAARD, Erik Veeb→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-30
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Active
BJORNSGAARD, Erik Veeb→
director · ~78y · appointed 2006-04-30
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Active
GRAY, Sian Lucy→
director · ~49y · appointed 2024-05-16
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Active
POWELL, Edward Paul→
director · ~76y · appointed 2006-04-30
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-29 · resigned 2006-03-30
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-29 · resigned 2006-03-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property05/09/2012—
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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-17