ARTWEAVE LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10522485 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-13
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of distribution holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). 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
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
33 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2026-03-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-12-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-08-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ARTWEAVE LIMITED
- 2016-12-13➕BOURNE, Matthew John Sheridan appointeddirector
- 2016-12-13➕SILVER, Michal appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Christopher Farr Cloth Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Christopher Farr Cloth Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ARTWEAVE LIMITED
This company · 10522485
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Christopher Farr Cloth Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 21/12/2021 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Michal Silverceased 21/12/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
- Mr Matthew John Sheridan Bourneceased 21/12/2021· 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-12-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64204 — Activities of distribution holding companies
Registered office
4th Floor East
35-37 Ludgate Hill
London
EC4M 7JN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BOURNE, Matthew John Sheridan→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2016-12-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SILVER, Michal→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2016-12-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (33 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-03-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-23