ARP (UK) ACCOUNTING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07295459 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-25
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
39 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-21
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    second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
  2. 2025-12-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-01
    ➕
    DIAZ, Adelina Jessica Ruth appointed
    director
  10. 2020-11-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-08-26
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    PETHICK, James Robert Dubarry resigned
    director
  13. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2018-05-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2018-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-08-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2017-04-06
    ➕
    PETHICK, James Robert Dubarry appointed
    director
  19. 2010-06-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARP (UK) ACCOUNTING SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2010-06-25
    ➕
    PETHICK, Anthea appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Anthea Pethick
Individual · British · DOB 11/1952 · age 74
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-06-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

The Old Customs House
Torwood Gardens Road
Torquay
Devon
TQ1 1EG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DIAZ, Adelina Jessica Ruth→
director · ~40y · appointed 2021-02-01
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Active
PETHICK, Anthea→
director · ~74y · appointed 2010-06-25
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Active
PETHICK, James Robert Dubarry→
director · ~46y · appointed 2017-04-06 · resigned 2020-08-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
2026-02-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-11