ARDENT SW LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11407409 · ltd · incorporated 2018-06-11
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£3.82M
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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
Profitable
Profit before tax £132,273

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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Turnover£3.82M—
Gross profit£748.7k—
Profit before tax£132.3k—
Average employees34002500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-09-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-09-04
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-09-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2025-09-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2025-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-07-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2024-07-29
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2024-07-29
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2024-07-12
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    LYDEN, Paul Anthony resigned
    secretary
  13. 2024-07-12
    ➖
    LYDEN, Paul Anthony resigned
    director
  14. 2024-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-08-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2022-08-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ARDENT SW LTD
  21. 2018-06-11
    ➕
    HARDING, Samuel David appointed
    secretary
  22. 2018-06-11
    ➕
    WAKEFIELD, Ben Simon appointed
    secretary
  23. 2018-06-11
    ➕
    HARDING, Samuel David appointed
    director
  24. 2018-06-11
    ➕
    WAKEFIELD, Ben Simon appointed
    director
  25. 2018-06-11
    ➕
    LYDEN, Paul Anthony appointed
    secretary
  26. 2018-06-11
    ➕
    LYDEN, Paul Anthony appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Samuel David Harding
Individual · British · DOB 03/1989 · age 37
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/06/2018
Mr Ben Simon Wakefield
Individual · British · DOB 07/1987 · age 39
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/06/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Paul Anthony Lydenceased 12/07/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

The Athenaeum
Kimberley Place
Falmouth
Cornwall
TR11 3QL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HARDING, Samuel David→
secretary · appointed 2018-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WAKEFIELD, Ben Simon→
secretary · appointed 2018-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARDING, Samuel David→
director · ~37y · appointed 2018-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WAKEFIELD, Ben Simon→
director · ~39y · appointed 2018-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LYDEN, Paul Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2018-06-11 · resigned 2024-07-12
Resigned
LYDEN, Paul Anthony→
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-06-11 · resigned 2024-07-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-29
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25