ARMITAGE AND FOX LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10817164 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-13
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (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. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 9.0y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1700 | 1900 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-03-02🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Andrew David Robinson and Peter Charles Robinson
- 2025-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-03-05🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Alfandari Private Equities Limited
- 2017-07-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-07-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Alfandari Private Equities LTD
- 2017-06-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-06-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ARMITAGE AND FOX LIMITED
- 2017-06-13➕ARMITAGE, Wade Dennis appointeddirector
- 2017-06-13➕FOX, Zoe Louise appointeddirector
- 2017-06-13📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ARMITAGE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Wade Dennis Fox Individual · British · DOB 03/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest | 13/06/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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
Incorporated2017-06-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars
Registered office
30 Main Street
Ledston
Castleford
WF10 2AB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-22
Last: 2026-06-08
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ARMITAGE, Wade Dennis→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2017-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FOX, Zoe Louise→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2017-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
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| outstanding | Andrew David Robinson and Peter Charles Robinson | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/03/2026 | — | |
| outstanding | Alfandari Private Equities Alfandari Private Equities Limited | A registered charge | 7 properties | 05/03/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Alfandari Private Equities Alfandari Private Equities LTD | A registered charge | 7 properties | 11/07/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (22 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-26