ARB-CORE TREE CARE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05852432 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-20
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£75.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 02200SIC 02200
  • 02400SIC 02400
  • 77310Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -31% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 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 (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £75,380
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,017 YoY
Cash YoY
-31%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↓ 31% YoY
Net Worth
£75k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£63k
↓ 3.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£17k£34k£51k£68k£85kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£88.7k£100.4k
Current assets£62.8k£65.1k
Cash£5.4k£7.8k
Debtors£57.4k£57.2k
Net assets£75.4k£85.4k

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

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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

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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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  2. 2025-02-18
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  3. 2024-09-03
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  4. 2024-02-27
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  5. 2023-03-07
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  6. 2022-03-14
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  7. 2021-03-26
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  8. 2020-03-17
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  9. 2019-04-12
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  10. 2018-03-29
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  11. 2017-03-16
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  12. 2016-03-28
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  13. 2015-07-09
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  14. 2015-05-06
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  15. 2009-01-14
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    HART, Julie Anne resigned
    secretary
  16. 2009-01-02
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    HART, Lewis Robert resigned
    director
  17. 2009-01-01
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    HART, Terence Charles appointed
    director
  18. 2006-09-30
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    HART, Julie Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-09-29
    ➖
    WESTBY, Mark Andrew resigned
    secretary
  20. 2006-09-20
    ➖
    HART, Lewis Robert resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-09-20
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    WESTBY, Mark Andrew appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-09-20
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    WESTBY, Mark Andrew resigned
    director
  23. 2006-06-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ARB-CORE TREE CARE LIMITED
  24. 2006-06-20
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    HART, Lewis Robert appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-06-20
    ➕
    HART, Lewis Robert appointed
    director
  26. 2006-06-20
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    WESTBY, Mark Andrew 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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Terence Charles Hart
Individual · British · DOB 09/1952 · age 74
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-06-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

22 Church Street
Holbeach
Spalding
PE12 7LL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

HART, Terence Charles→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HART, Julie Anne→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-30 · resigned 2009-01-14
Resigned
HART, Lewis Robert→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-20 · resigned 2006-09-20
Resigned
WESTBY, Mark Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-20 · resigned 2006-09-29
Resigned
HART, Lewis Robert→
director · ~37y · appointed 2006-06-20 · resigned 2009-01-02
Resigned
WESTBY, Mark Andrew→
director · ~50y · appointed 2006-06-20 · resigned 2006-09-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2025-09-16
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2024-09-03
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2024-02-27
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2023-09-01
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2023-03-07
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2022-09-03
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2022-03-14
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2021-09-06
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2021-03-26
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2020-10-05
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2020-03-17
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