ART-K LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10278552 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-14
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90030Artistic creation
  • 90040Operation of arts facilities
  • 94990Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.4y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 4 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
25 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees300700

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-26
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  4. 2024-11-22
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  5. 2024-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2021-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2020-01-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: David James Harper as Trustee of the Art-K Pension Scheme
  13. 2019-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-07-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ART-K LIMITED
  17. 2016-07-14
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    HARPER, David James appointed
    director
  18. 2016-07-14
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    HARPER, Emily Rose appointed
    director
  19. 2016-07-14
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    HARPER, Kathryn Margaret appointed
    director
  20. 2016-07-14
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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
Miss Emily Rose Harper
Individual · British · DOB 10/1994 · age 32
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Kathryn Margaret Harperceased 18/11/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2016-07-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Conifers
The Warren
Ashtead
Surrey
KT21 2RX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HARPER, David James→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-07-14
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Active
HARPER, Emily Rose→
director · ~32y · appointed 2016-07-14
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Active
HARPER, Kathryn Margaret→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-07-14
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
David James Harper as Trustee of the Art-K Pension Scheme / Kathryn Margaret Harper as Trustee of the Art-K Pension Scheme / Emily Rose Harper as Trustee of the Art-K Pension Scheme / White Horse Trustees as Trustee of the Art-K Pension Scheme
David James Harper as Trustee of the Art-K Pension Scheme / Kathryn Margaret Harper as Trustee of the Art-K Pension Scheme / Emily Rose Harper as Trustee of the Art-K Pension Scheme / White Horse Trustees LTD as Trustee of the Art-K Pension Scheme
A registered charge1 property29/01/2020—
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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-10
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-11-26
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-19