ARC COACHWORKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07161281 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-17
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.7y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.7 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
50 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.

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£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees2500-2300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-01-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-09-06
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2022-08-16
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2022-08-16
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  10. 2022-08-16
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    capital · SH10
  11. 2021-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-09-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2020-09-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2020-09-01
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    CLARK, James appointed
    director
  16. 2019-10-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2019-09-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-08-02
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    CLARK, James resigned
    director
  20. 2019-05-08
    ➖
    CLARK, Jackie resigned
    secretary
  21. 2013-10-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Icf Finance Limited
  22. 2011-01-14
    ➕
    CLARK, Gary John appointed
    director
  23. 2010-02-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARC COACHWORKS LIMITED
  24. 2010-02-17
    ➕
    CLARK, Jackie appointed
    secretary
  25. 2010-02-17
    ➕
    CLARK, James 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary John Clark
Individual · English · DOB 02/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2010-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 4, Mereside Park
Shield Road
Ashford
TW15 1BL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-27
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-22
Last: 2026-05-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CLARK, Gary John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-01-14
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Active
CLARK, James→
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-09-01
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Active
CLARK, Jackie→
secretary · appointed 2010-02-17 · resigned 2019-05-08
Resigned
CLARK, James→
director · ~39y · appointed 2010-02-17 · resigned 2019-08-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Icf Finance
Icf Finance Limited
A registered charge1 property30/10/2013—
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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-09-06
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-08-16
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-08-16
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23