ARCHANGEL BEATS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09370382 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-31

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£100

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

24 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£100

~ YoY

Current Assets

£100

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£100	£100
Current assets	£100	£100
Net assets	£100	£100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-09-21
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accounts · AA
2024-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-12-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-12-15
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-01-15
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annual-return · AR01
2014-12-31
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Company incorporated
As ARCHANGEL BEATS LIMITED
2014-12-31
➕
HOUSHMAND, Homayun appointed
secretary
2014-12-31
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HOUSHMAND, Aryo appointed
director
2014-12-31
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HOUSHMAND, Homayun appointed
director
2014-12-31
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Homayon Houshmand Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Aryo Houshmand Individual · British · DOB 12/1994 · age 32	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2014-12-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Spring Court Spring Road

Hale

Altrincham

Cheshire

WA14 2UQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HOUSHMAND, Homayun→

secretary · appointed 2014-12-31

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HOUSHMAND, Aryo→

director · ~32y · appointed 2014-12-31

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HOUSHMAND, Homayun→

director · ~71y · appointed 2014-12-31

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