ARTCADIA LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11236043 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-06
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-4.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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, 2 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,212
Cash YoY
+95%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£7k
↑ 95% YoY
Net Worth
-£4k
↓ 3.6% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↓ 2.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £8.0k | £8.2k |
| Current assets | £7.6k | £7.9k |
| Cash | £6.9k | £3.5k |
| Debtors | £736 | £1.3k |
| Net assets | £-4.2k | £-4.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-08-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-08-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-08-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-05-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-05-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-05-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-03-06🏢Company incorporatedAs ARTCADIA LIMITED
- 2018-03-06➕BLENKHARN, Adam Robert appointeddirector
- 2018-03-06➕BLENKHARN, Vici-Jane Yoninah appointeddirector
- 2018-03-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Vici-Jane Yoninah Blenkharn Individual · British · DOB 03/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/03/2018 |
Mr Adam Robert Blenkharn Individual · British · DOB 04/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/03/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Similar companies
Active · Manufacturing · SY postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.R. MANLEY & SON LIMITED→ 13091520 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| A&S LANDSCAPE LIMITED→ 09494241 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| ABIGAIL GRACE DESIGNS LIMITED→ 10989157 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ADLUNA LIMITED→ 12994049 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS LTD→ 14014501 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| AEROSPANA LTD→ 16925286 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALUROLL LIMITED→ 05212026 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| ANDRE HARTFORD LIMITED→ 01212417 · est 1975 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 50y | — | — |
| ANNAPURNA MOTORHOMES LTD→ 09371904 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| ARCTICFOX ADAPTIVE LTD→ 13195925 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ART BAGS LTD→ 15049160 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ARTICOLE LIMITED→ 03552931 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 27y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129
Registered office
37 Hills Lane
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 1QU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BLENKHARN, Adam Robert→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2018-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BLENKHARN, Vici-Jane Yoninah→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2018-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (23 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-08-13