ARCTRAN CORPORATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09181523 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-19
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-02
    ➖
    BCS COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  2. 2026-06-02
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-07-17
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  5. 2025-07-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-06-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-10-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-08-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ARCTRAN CORPORATION LIMITED
  18. 2014-08-19
    ➕
    MCLINTOCK, Iain appointed
    director
  19. 2014-08-19
    ➕
    O'FARRELL, David John appointed
    director
  20. 2014-08-19
    ➕
    SHANNON, Gary Martin appointed
    director
  21. 2014-08-19
    ➕
    BCS COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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

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Arctran Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ARCTRAN CORPORATION LIMITED
This company · 09181523

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
Arctran Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting27/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-08-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

C/O Windsor House Station Court, Station Road
Great Shelford
Cambridge
CB22 5NE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-01
Last: 2025-08-18

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MCLINTOCK, Iain→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'FARRELL, David John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-08-19
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Active
SHANNON, Gary Martin→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-08-19
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Active
BCS COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-08-19 · resigned 2026-06-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2025-07-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23