ARRAD FOOT BALCONIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07645470 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-24
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 5.2y 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
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
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 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-04-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-05-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-02-01➖HELSBY, Graeme William resigneddirector
- 2022-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-04-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2020-02-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-02-03📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-02-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-01-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-01-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-01-01➕SMITH, Stephanie appointeddirector
- 2020-01-01➕SMITH, Wayne appointeddirector
- 2020-01-01➖HELSBY, Gaynor resignedsecretary
- 2020-01-01➖HELSBY, Gaynor Louise resigneddirector
- 2017-07-28➖BALLANTYNE, Gary resigneddirector
- 2016-01-29➕BALLANTYNE, Gary appointeddirector
- 2011-05-24🏢Company incorporatedAs ARRAD FOOT BALCONIES LIMITED
- 2011-05-24➕HELSBY, Gaynor appointedsecretary
- 2011-05-24➕HELSBY, Gaynor Louise appointeddirector
- 2011-05-24➕HELSBY, Graeme William appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Stephanie Smith Individual · British · DOB 01/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/06/2025 |
Mr Wayne Smith Individual · British · DOB 01/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/01/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Graeme Helsbyceased 01/01/2020· 25-50% shares
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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-05-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
The Old Dairy
Arrad Foot
Ulverston
Cumbria
LA12 7SL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
SMITH, Stephanie→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2020-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, Wayne→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2020-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HELSBY, Gaynor→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-05-24 · resigned 2020-01-01
BALLANTYNE, Gary→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2016-01-29 · resigned 2017-07-28
HELSBY, Gaynor Louise→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2011-05-24 · resigned 2020-01-01
HELSBY, Graeme William→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2011-05-24 · resigned 2022-02-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 12/04/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (46 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-30