ARBRE CHOCOLATE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12838093 · ltd · incorporated 2020-08-26
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10821
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46360Wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery
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. 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, 2 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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
15 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 £1,402
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,729 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
↓ 83% YoY
Current Assets
£56k
↑ 70% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£11k£23k£34k£45k£56kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.4k£8.1k
Current assets£56.5k£33.2k
Debtors£34.4k£31.2k
Net assets£1.4k£8.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
2
filings
  • • 1 incorporation
  • • 1 resolution
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 incorporation
  • • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 incorporation
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  2. 2026-05-05
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-30
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2022-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-08-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARBRE CHOCOLATE LTD
  11. 2020-08-26
    ➕
    BUCKLEY, Richard James appointed
    director
  12. 2020-08-26
    ➕
    ROGERS, Rebecca appointed
    director
  13. 2020-08-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +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 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
Ms Rebecca Rogers
Individual · British · DOB 09/1985 · age 41
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/08/2020
Mr Richard James Buckley
Individual · British · DOB 02/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/08/2020

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
Incorporated2020-08-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10821 — SIC 10821

Registered office

Harth Chocolate
Unit 3b Lymore Gardens
Bath
BA2 1AQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-08
Last: 2025-08-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BUCKLEY, Richard James→
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-08-26
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Active
ROGERS, Rebecca→
director · ~41y · appointed 2020-08-26
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Active

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Recent filings (15 total)

memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-05-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-08-26