ARS ANGLIAN DIESELS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06702541 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-19
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 17.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£271.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £271,618
Cash YoY
+64%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£294k
↑ 64% YoY
Net Worth
£272k
↑ 32% YoY
Current Assets
£294k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£59k£118k£177k£236k£294kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£271.6k£206.5k
Current assets£294.4k£237.3k
Cash£294.4k£179.1k
Debtors—£33.9k
Net assets£271.6k£206.4k

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

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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  2. 2025-03-19
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  3. 2025-03-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2025-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-21
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  6. 2022-12-16
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  7. 2021-12-21
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  8. 2020-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-30
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    address · AD01
  10. 2019-11-28
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-10
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  13. 2016-11-18
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  14. 2015-11-21
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-01
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  16. 2014-11-24
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  17. 2008-12-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  18. 2008-11-17
    ➕
    CONYERS, Karen appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-11-17
    ➕
    CONYERS, Karen appointed
    director
  20. 2008-09-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ARS ANGLIAN DIESELS LIMITED
  21. 2008-09-19
    ➕
    CONYERS, Douglas Edward appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 58. Early succession window.
  • 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
Mrs Karen Conyers
Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting19/09/2016
Mr Douglas Edward Conyers
Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting19/09/2016

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
Incorporated2008-09-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

1 Tuscany Court
Expressway
Normanton
WF6 2AE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CONYERS, Karen→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-17
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Active
CONYERS, Douglas Edward→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-09-19
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Active
CONYERS, Karen→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-11-17
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property02/12/200819/03/2025

Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-28