ARBOREAL INNOVATIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09326057 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-25
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-7.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01630Post-harvest crop activities
  • 72110Research and experimental development on biotechnology
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £7,063
Very low cash
Cash position: £0

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£0
Net Worth
-£7k
Current Assets
£0
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£2.5k
Current assets£0
Cash£0
Debtors£0
Net assets£-7.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-04-16
    ➖
    CHAUHAN, Manish, Mr. resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-02-19
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2019-02-19
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2019-02-18
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  14. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-02-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-02-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-02-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2016-03-30
    ➕
    CHAUHAN, Manish, Mr. appointed
    director
  19. 2015-10-25
    ➕
    WINTERBOTHAM, James John appointed
    director
  20. 2014-11-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARBOREAL INNOVATIONS LTD
  21. 2014-11-25
    ➕
    PANDEY, Swati appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Swati Pandey
Individual · Indian · DOB 09/1988 · age 38
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% 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
Incorporated2014-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

51 Ockendon Road
London
N1 3NL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

PANDEY, Swati→
director · ~38y · appointed 2014-11-25
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Active
WINTERBOTHAM, James John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-10-25
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Active
CHAUHAN, Manish, Mr.→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-03-30 · resigned 2026-04-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-03