ARC ELEVATORS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07036592 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-07
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 14.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 14.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 31 | 2900 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2026-02-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-05-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-05-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-10-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2012-04-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2011-04-01➕PLACE, Allan appointeddirector
- 2010-04-06➕SMITH, Daniel appointeddirector
- 2010-04-06➕SMITH, Ryan appointeddirector
- 2010-04-06➖PLACE, Allan resigneddirector
- 2010-04-06➖WHITEHEAD, David Fenton resigneddirector
- 2009-10-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ARC ELEVATORS LIMITED
- 2009-10-07➕PLACE, Allan appointeddirector
- 2009-10-07➕WHITEHEAD, David Fenton appointeddirector
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
53/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)
Group structure
Arc Elevators Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Arc Elevators Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ARC ELEVATORS LIMITED
This company · 07036592
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Arc Elevators Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 13/04/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Allan Placeceased 13/04/2023· 25-50% shares · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-10-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190
Registered office
The Foundry Southfield Street
Nelson
Colne
Lancashire
BB9 0LD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
PLACE, Allan→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2011-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, Daniel→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2010-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PLACE, Allan→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2009-10-07 · resigned 2010-04-06
WHITEHEAD, David Fenton→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2009-10-07 · resigned 2010-04-06
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 12/04/2012 | — |
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Recent filings (53 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-07