ARCOBUILD (UK) LTD

🌳Matureactive
06468305 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-09
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-376
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
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
69 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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £376

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£376
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£376-£376-£376-£376-£376-£376Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£-376£-376
Debtors£5.4k£5.4k
Net assets£-376£-376

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 4 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-19
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-19
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  4. 2026-02-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-02-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2026-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-03-10
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  8. 2024-10-21
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  9. 2023-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-28
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-12-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-12-03
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-12-02
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-12-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-12-02
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2020-12-02
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  19. 2020-12-02
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  20. 2009-08-31
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    CROWHURST, James resigned
    director
  21. 2009-08-31
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    WOOD, Lorna resigned
    director
  22. 2008-01-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ARCOBUILD (UK) LTD
  23. 2008-01-09
    ➕
    HUGHES, Rachel appointed
    secretary
  24. 2008-01-09
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    AUSTIN, William Howard appointed
    director
  25. 2008-01-09
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    HUGHES, Rachel appointed
    director
  26. 2008-01-09
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    CROWHURST, James appointed
    director
  27. 2008-01-09
    ➕
    WOOD, Lorna appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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
Mrs Rachel Hughes
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr William Howard Austin
Individual · British · DOB 09/1974 · age 52
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
Incorporated2008-01-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

701 Stonehouse Park
Sperry Way
Stonehouse
Gloucestershire
GL10 3UT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HUGHES, Rachel→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUSTIN, William Howard→
director · ~52y · appointed 2008-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUGHES, Rachel→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROWHURST, James→
director · ~51y · appointed 2008-01-09 · resigned 2009-08-31
Resigned
WOOD, Lorna→
director · ~48y · appointed 2008-01-09 · resigned 2009-08-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03