ARLO HUDSON LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11720441 · ltd · incorporated 2018-12-10
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-54.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47710Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (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: 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, 3 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £54,674

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£55k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£66k-£47k-£27k-£8k£11k£30kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-51.3k£-59.1k
Current assets—£30.3k
Net assets£-54.7k£-66.0k

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
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-01
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    RAWSTHORNE, David William appointed
    director
  6. 2022-08-01
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    VICKERSTAFF, Daniel resigned
    director
  7. 2022-08-01
    ➖
    VICKERSTAFF, Richard David resigned
    director
  8. 2022-08-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2022-08-01
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-08-01
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-08-01
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-08-01
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    address · AD01
  13. 2021-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-12-04
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-10-19
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2020-10-19
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2020-01-10
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    VICKERSTAFF, Daniel appointed
    director
  19. 2020-01-10
    ➕
    VICKERSTAFF, Richard David appointed
    director
  20. 2018-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ARLO HUDSON LIMITED
  21. 2018-12-10
    ➕
    VICKERSTAFF, Elliot Richard appointed
    director
  22. 2018-12-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Elliot Richard Vickerstaff
Individual · British · DOB 04/1995 · age 31
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control10/12/2018
Mr David William Rawsthorne
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/08/2022

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
Incorporated2018-12-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46420 — Wholesale of clothing and footwear

Registered office

The Church
13 New Town Road
Bishop's Stortford
Hertfordshire
CM23 3SA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

RAWSTHORNE, David William→
director · ~58y · appointed 2022-08-01
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Active
VICKERSTAFF, Elliot Richard→
director · ~31y · appointed 2018-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VICKERSTAFF, Daniel→
director · ~28y · appointed 2020-01-10 · resigned 2022-08-01
Resigned
VICKERSTAFF, Richard David→
director · ~61y · appointed 2020-01-10 · resigned 2022-08-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-08