ARC FORWARDING LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12739464 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-13
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£102.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 50200
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.8y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £102,054
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£102k
Current Assets
£599k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Current assets | £598.8k | — |
| Net assets | £102.1k | — |
| Average employees | — | 600 |
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
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 (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: 4SYTE Limited
- 2024-10-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-10-24🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2023-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-01📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-10-21📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-10-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bibby Financial Services LTD (As Security Trustee)
- 2020-09-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-09-07➕IRVING, Faye Lauren appointeddirector
- 2020-09-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-07-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ARC FORWARDING LTD
- 2020-07-13➕WOODHEAD, Roy Edward appointeddirector
- 2020-07-13📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Roy Edward Woodhead Individual · British · DOB 04/1979 · age 47 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 13/07/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-07-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200
Registered office
Unit 05 Mercury Quays
Ashley Lane
Shipley
BD17 7DB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-26
Last: 2026-07-12
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
IRVING, Faye Lauren→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2020-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WOODHEAD, Roy Edward→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2020-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | 4SYTE 4SYTE Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/10/2024 | — | |
| satisfied | Bibby Financial Services Bibby Financial Services LTD (As Security Trustee) | A registered charge | 4 properties | 29/09/2020 | 24/10/2024 |
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Recent filings (24 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-22