ARM POULTRY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10351170 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-30
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
90
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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 (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-09-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-09-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-07-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2018-06-22
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    BEAMISH, Sharon appointed
    director
  17. 2018-06-22
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    MAXWELL, Paula appointed
    director
  18. 2018-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-08-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ARM POULTRY LIMITED
  20. 2016-08-30
    ➕
    MAXWELL, Angela Rose appointed
    director
  21. 2016-08-30
    ➕
    MAXWELL, Richard Lionel appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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 Lionel Maxwell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/08/2016
Mrs Angela Rose Maxwell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/08/2016

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
Incorporated2016-08-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470

Registered office

99 The Beeches High Street
Coningsby
Lincoln
LN4 4RF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BEAMISH, Sharon→
director · ~57y · appointed 2018-06-22
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Active
MAXWELL, Angela Rose→
director · ~78y · appointed 2016-08-30
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Active
MAXWELL, Paula→
director · ~56y · appointed 2018-06-22
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Active
MAXWELL, Richard Lionel→
director · ~79y · appointed 2016-08-30
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Active

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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01