ARRIVAL LIFTS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11020295 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-18
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
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
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£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees400400

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-16
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2025-07-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-05
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-09-05
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-07-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-01
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-10-20
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Paul appointed
    director
  9. 2022-07-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-10-25
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-07-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-10-22
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2019-10-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-08-13
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-07-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-11-09
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2018-11-09
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2018-11-01
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Joe appointed
    director
  21. 2018-11-01
    ➖
    JOHNSTON, Paul resigned
    director
  22. 2018-11-01
    ➖
    MCCORMACK, Jonathan James Paul resigned
    director
  23. 2017-10-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARRIVAL LIFTS LTD
  24. 2017-10-18
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Paul appointed
    director
  25. 2017-10-18
    ➕
    MCCORMACK, Jonathan James Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Joe Johnston
Individual · British · DOB 06/1988 · age 38
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/11/2018
Paul Johnston
Individual · British · DOB 02/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/10/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Jonathan James Paul Mccormackceased 01/03/2019· 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
Incorporated2017-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

43 Stanley Road
Carshalton
Surrey
SM5 4LE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

JOHNSTON, Joe→
director · ~38y · appointed 2018-11-01
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Active
JOHNSTON, Paul→
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-10-20
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Active
JOHNSTON, Paul→
director · ~46y · appointed 2017-10-18 · resigned 2018-11-01
Resigned
MCCORMACK, Jonathan James Paul→
director · ~46y · appointed 2017-10-18 · resigned 2018-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-20