ARCHON FAMILY INVESTMENTS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11517020 · ltd · incorporated 2018-08-14
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
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
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-08✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2021-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-14🏢Company incorporatedAs ARCHON FAMILY INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 2018-08-14➕RYLAND, Anne Helen appointeddirector
- 2018-08-14➕RYLAND, David Stuart appointeddirector
- 2018-08-14📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 73 — 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
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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 |
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Mrs Anne Helen Ryland Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 14/08/2018 |
Mr David Stuart Ryland Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 14/08/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-08-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
17 Walkergate
Berwick Upon Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
RYLAND, Anne Helen→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2018-08-14
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RYLAND, David Stuart→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2018-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (20 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13