ARELLA CREATIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06126418 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-23
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£3.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £3,831
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£4k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.8k | £3.1k |
| Current assets | £4.1k | £3.1k |
| Net assets | £3.8k | £3.1k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-14📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-20📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2007-02-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ARELLA CREATIONS LIMITED
- 2007-02-23➕FARR, Michael appointedsecretary
- 2007-02-23➕FARR, Kim appointeddirector
- 2007-02-23➕FARR, Michael appointeddirector
- 2007-02-23➕THOMAS, Nicola appointeddirector
- 2007-02-23➕THOMAS, Stephen appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Michael Peter Farr Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65 | — | — | board controlboard control · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290
Registered office
Fernbank, 41 The Avenue,
Ystrad Mynach
Hengoed
Mid Glamorgan
CF82 8BA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
FARR, Michael→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2007-02-23
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THOMAS, Nicola→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2007-02-23
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THOMAS, Stephen→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2007-02-23
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Recent filings (43 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-19