ARMER HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07368393 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-07
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and operating of Housing Association real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
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
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
46 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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-242024-09-24
Average employees2200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2019-06-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2018-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-09-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2017-09-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-08-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2016-02-19
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    ARMER, David appointed
    director
  18. 2010-10-11
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    ARMER, David resigned
    director
  19. 2010-09-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ARMER HOLDINGS LIMITED
  20. 2010-09-07
    ➕
    ARMER, Anne appointed
    director
  21. 2010-09-07
    ➕
    ARMER, David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ARMER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 76 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
Mr David Armer
Individual · British · DOB 08/1950 · age 76
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
Incorporated2010-09-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68201 — Renting and operating of Housing Association real estate

Registered office

1 Forge Close
Barrow In Furness
Cumbria
LA14 2UF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-24
Last made up to: 2025-09-24
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ARMER, Anne→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARMER, David→
director · ~76y · appointed 2016-02-19
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Active
ARMER, David→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-09-07 · resigned 2010-10-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-22