ARCHFIELD MEDICAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10153879 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-28
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£391.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialist medical practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
25 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £391,552

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£392k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£381k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£78k£157k£235k£313k£392kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£391.6k£323.7k
Current assets£380.9k£341.4k
Net assets£391.6k£323.7k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-11
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  2. 2024-12-04
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  3. 2024-01-26
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  4. 2024-01-26
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  5. 2023-02-08
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  6. 2022-04-29
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  7. 2022-04-26
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  8. 2021-07-22
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  9. 2021-04-26
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  10. 2020-07-28
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  11. 2020-04-28
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  12. 2020-01-29
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  13. 2019-01-31
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  14. 2017-12-15
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  15. 2016-04-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ARCHFIELD MEDICAL LIMITED
  16. 2016-04-28
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    NELSON, Lisabeth appointed
    director
  17. 2016-04-28
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    NELSON, Richard James, Dr appointed
    director
  18. 2016-04-28
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Owner dependency

86/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Nelson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control28/04/2016
Mrs Lisabeth Nelson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86220 — Specialist medical practice activities

Registered office

C/O Sandison Easson & Co. Rex Buildings
Alderley Road
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 1HY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

NELSON, Lisabeth→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-04-28
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Active
NELSON, Richard James, Dr→
director · ~71y · appointed 2016-04-28
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-04-26