ARC BUILD GROUP LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09734789 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-15
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£108.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of construction holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (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 8.2y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
33 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £108,559
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,307 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£109k
↓ 4.7% YoY
Current Assets
£250k
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£51k£102k£154k£205k£256kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£109.0k£114.3k
Current assets£250.5k£255.9k
Net assets£108.6k£113.9k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-04
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  2. 2026-03-04
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-08-01
    PULLEN, Luke James resigned
    director
  5. 2024-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-15
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  7. 2022-07-15
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-22
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  9. 2020-06-25
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  10. 2020-06-25
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  11. 2020-06-25
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-06-25
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-05-21
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  14. 2020-05-21
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    accounts · AA01
  15. 2020-05-20
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  16. 2020-05-20
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    accounts · AA01
  17. 2020-02-05
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    address · AD01
  18. 2019-08-14
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  19. 2019-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-05-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  21. 2015-08-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ARC BUILD GROUP LIMITED
  22. 2015-08-15
    HEATH, Lee Robert appointed
    director
  23. 2015-08-15
    PULLEN, Luke James 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

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
Mr Lee Robert Heath
Individual · British · DOB 06/1982 · age 44
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Luke James Pullenceased 01/08/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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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
Incorporated2015-08-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64203 — Activities of construction holding companies

Registered office

11 High Street
Ruddington
Nottingham
NG11 6DT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-13
Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

HEATH, Lee Robert
director · ~44y · appointed 2015-08-15
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Active
PULLEN, Luke James
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-08-15 · resigned 2025-08-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property04/05/2018
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Recent filings (33 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-25