ARDAROS CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11272860 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-23
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.
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-30
    ➕
    MCCLELLAND, Emma appointed
    director
  4. 2025-05-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-07-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-10
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2018-07-27
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  13. 2018-03-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ARDAROS CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  14. 2018-03-23
    ➕
    MCCLELLAND, Ian James appointed
    director
  15. 2018-03-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MCCLELLAND, Emma (same surname) appointed 2025-05-30. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Emma Mcclelland
Individual · British · DOB 12/1987 · age 39
25–50%
—25-50% shares23/03/2018
Mr Timothy Iain Mcclelland
Individual · British · DOB 11/1989 · age 37
25–50%
—25-50% shares23/03/2018
Mr Ian James Mcclelland
Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72
——sig. influencesignificant influence23/03/2018

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
Incorporated2018-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

Mount Ridley Ridley Hill
Kingswear
Dartmouth
Devon
TQ6 0BY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCCLELLAND, Emma→
director · ~39y · appointed 2025-05-30
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Active
MCCLELLAND, Ian James→
director · ~72y · appointed 2018-03-23
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Recent filings (20 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-20