ARTAV LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08163611 · ltd · incorporated 2012-08-01
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.0y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£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 employees111000

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2021-07-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2021-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2013-05-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  16. 2012-08-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTAV LIMITED
  17. 2012-08-01
    JOYCE, Nicholas Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Artav Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Artav Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ARTAV LIMITED
This company · 08163611

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Artav Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/07/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Nick Michael Joyceceased 01/07/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-08-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

Unit 1 3 Startforth Road
Middlesbrough
TS2 1PT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

JOYCE, Nicholas Michael
director · ~52y · appointed 2012-08-01
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property20/05/2013
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Recent filings (35 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-07-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-08