ARC EXPRESS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07675609 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-21
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
40 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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
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 (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-03
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  4. 2024-09-12
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  5. 2024-05-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-07-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2016-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-06-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ARC EXPRESS LTD
  17. 2011-06-21
    ➕
    TAYLOR AND DAVIS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2011-06-21
    ➕
    COLLIER, Adrian Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2011-06-21
    ➕
    COLLIER, Carolyn Elizabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Robert Collier
Individual · British · DOB 03/1975 · age 51
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Carolyn Elizabeth Collier
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2011-06-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

8 Blue Barns Business Park Old Ipswich Road
Ardleigh
Colchester
CO7 7FX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-05
Last: 2026-06-21

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

TAYLOR AND DAVIS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-06-21
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Active
COLLIER, Adrian Robert→
director · ~51y · appointed 2011-06-21
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Active
COLLIER, Carolyn Elizabeth→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-06-21
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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-08
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-10-03
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30