ARBMECH LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11344603 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-03
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
year to May 2025
Net worth
£41.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £41,083
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£41k
↑ 6694% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↓ 61% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£623£8k£16k£24k£33k£41kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-292024-05-29
Total assets£104.4k£55.3k
Current assets£9.1k£23.1k
Net assets£41.1k£-623

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-04
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2024-12-04
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2024-11-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-11-20
    COLE, Matthew appointed
    director
  7. 2024-11-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-02-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2024-01-15
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  11. 2023-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-06-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2023-06-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2023-03-01
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    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-11-10
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    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  17. 2022-10-04
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  18. 2022-07-27
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  19. 2022-07-19
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  20. 2021-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2021-05-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  22. 2018-05-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ARBMECH LTD
  23. 2018-05-03
    COLE, Nia Eleri appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +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 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.)

Group structure

Dulais Group Cyf is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Dulais Group Cyf
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ARBMECH LTD
This company · 11344603

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dulais Group Cyf
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest16/06/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Nia Eleri Coleceased 16/06/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2018-05-03
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC77320 — Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Registered office

The Old Convent
Llanbadarn Road
Aberystwyth
SY23 1EY
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-16
Last: 2026-05-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COLE, Matthew
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-11-20
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Active
COLE, Nia Eleri
director · ~39y · appointed 2018-05-03
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Active

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-12-04
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-27
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-06-16