ARROYA LTD

🌳Matureactive
06525597 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-06
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46740
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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 (79/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
44 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-05-01
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2022-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-03-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-03-08
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2019-03-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-03-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-03-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2008-03-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ARROYA LTD
  18. 2008-03-06
    ➕
    SEDDON, Christopher Michael appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-03-06
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    SEDDON, Andrew Mark appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-06
    ➕
    SEDDON, Christopher Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Michael Seddon
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Mark Seddon
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
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
Incorporated2008-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46740 — SIC 46740

Registered office

130 Burscough Street
Ormskirk
L39 2EY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SEDDON, Christopher Michael→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-06
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Active
SEDDON, Andrew Mark→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-03-06
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Active
SEDDON, Christopher Michael→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-03-06
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Active

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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-18
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-09