ARION FINANCIAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06062201 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-23
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-3.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
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 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
60 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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £3,503
Cash YoY
+382%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£12k
↑ 382% YoY
Net Worth
-£4k
↑ 72% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↑ 165% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£13k-£8k-£3k£2k£7k£12kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-3.5k£-12.6k
Current assets£11.9k£4.5k
Cash£11.9k£2.5k
Debtors—£2.0k
Net assets£-3.5k£-12.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-09
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    address · AD01
  4. 2025-09-09
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-09-09
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-09-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2025-09-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-18
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-20
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    accounts · AA01
  15. 2019-03-20
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2007-01-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ARION FINANCIAL LIMITED
  18. 2007-01-23
    ➕
    POUNSETT, Christopher James appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-01-23
    ➕
    POUNSETT, Christopher James appointed
    director
  20. 2007-01-23
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Rachel Ann Louise appointed
    director
  21. 2007-01-23
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2007-01-23
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-01-23
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2007-01-23
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Christopher James Pounsett
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Rachel Ann Louise Wright
Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59
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
Incorporated2007-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

B19 Sbc House
Restmor Way
Wallington
SM6 7AH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

POUNSETT, Christopher James→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POUNSETT, Christopher James→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WRIGHT, Rachel Ann Louise→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2007-01-23
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2007-01-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25