ARCA LIVING LTD

💤Zombieactive

08953570 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-24

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 Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
52103SIC 52103

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

9 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 8.7y

15/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 8.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

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

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	9	9

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2026-07-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-27
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-27
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Community Enable Funding Limited Crn: 16197578
2025-11-27
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Community Enable Funding Limited Crn: 16197578
2025-11-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-31
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QIAN, Liping resigned
director
2025-10-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-20
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NI, Chenyuan resigned
director
2024-08-20
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SU, Yanyan resigned
director
2024-08-05
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-08-01
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ELLIS, Dean resigned
secretary
2023-12-20
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-12-20
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-12-13
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-12-13
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Bcrs Business Loans Limited
2023-12-12
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Bcrs Meif Gp Limited
2023-12-08
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Art Share (Social Help Association for Reinvesting in Enterprise) Limited
2023-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-09-27
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Charge satisfied #3
2022-08-30
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-08-30
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Charge satisfied #4
2022-07-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-15
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ZHAO, Hongliang resigned
director
2022-05-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-12-10
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ELLIS, Dean appointed
secretary
2019-08-07
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Bcrs Meif Gp Limited
2019-08-07
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Art Share (Social Help Association for Reinvesting in Enterprise) Limited
2019-01-15
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QIAN, Liping appointed
director
2018-09-10
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NI, Chenyuan appointed
director
2017-12-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2017-11-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2017-09-28
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SU, Yanyan appointed
director
2017-09-28
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ZHAO, Hongliang appointed
director
2014-03-24
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Company incorporated
As ARCA LIVING LTD
2014-03-24
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YU, Qianqian appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

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 12 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low

7 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Arca Living Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Arca Living Holdings Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ARCA LIVING LTD

This company · 08953570

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Arca Living Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/07/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Ms Qianqian Yuceased 06/07/2021· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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A. S. FRUIT & VEG LIMITED→ 07848451 · est 2011 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
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ARABIAN FABRIC UK LIMITED→ 17114030 · est 2026 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ARCS STORE LIMITED→ 16195226 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ARDGO RAREDRAM LIMITED→ 14819131 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ARGANIC LTD→ 07407465 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	—	—
AROMA ARABIAN LTD→ 16433973 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
AROMA UM SOLUTIONS LTD→ 16564305 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
AROMAA COMMODITIES LTD→ 16171339 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
AROMIQUE BEAUTY LTD→ 16644241 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ARRD DISTRIBUTION LTD→ 16532801 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ARROW HAIR & BEAUTY SUPPLIES LIMITED→ 03309488 · est 1997 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	29y	—	—

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-03-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46470 — Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment

Registered office

The Lewis Building

35 Bull Street

Birmingham

B4 6AF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-18

Last: 2026-06-04

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

YU, Qianqian→

director · ~41y · appointed 2014-03-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ELLIS, Dean→

secretary · appointed 2021-12-10 · resigned 2024-08-01

Resigned

NI, Chenyuan→

director · ~36y · appointed 2018-09-10 · resigned 2024-08-20

Resigned

QIAN, Liping→

director · ~42y · appointed 2019-01-15 · resigned 2025-10-31

Resigned

SU, Yanyan→

director · ~36y · appointed 2017-09-28 · resigned 2024-08-20

Resigned

ZHAO, Hongliang→

director · ~36y · appointed 2017-09-28 · resigned 2022-06-15

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:9 of 9 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Community Enable Funding Crn: 16197578 Community Enable Funding Limited Crn: 16197578	A registered charge	—	27/11/2025	—
outstanding	Community Enable Funding Crn: 16197578 Community Enable Funding Limited Crn: 16197578	A registered charge	—	27/11/2025	—
outstanding	Bcrs Business Loans Bcrs Business Loans Limited	A registered charge	—	13/12/2023	—
outstanding	Bcrs Meif Gp Bcrs Meif Gp Limited	A registered charge	—	12/12/2023	—
outstanding	Art Share (Social Help Association for Reinvesting in Enterprise) Art Share (Social Help Association for Reinvesting in Enterprise) Limited	A registered charge	—	08/12/2023	—
satisfied	Bcrs Meif Gp Bcrs Meif Gp Limited	A registered charge	—	07/08/2019	30/08/2022
satisfied	Art Share (Social Help Association for Reinvesting in Enterprise) Art Share (Social Help Association for Reinvesting in Enterprise) Limited	A registered charge	—	07/08/2019	27/09/2022
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	05/12/2017	—
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	16/11/2017	—

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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-07-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-06-19

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2025-12-03

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2025-11-27

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-11-11

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-10-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-11-06

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-08-27

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-08-27

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2024-08-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-04

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2023-12-20

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2023-12-20