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A.R. WHOLESALE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
12923295 · ltd · incorporated 2020-10-02
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · high confidence
Thesis has shifted recently — watch for confirmation.
  • · Lifecycle stage: established → zombie
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → zombie_hold
  • · Opportunity score: 79 → 68
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 80
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "zombie"
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 5 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • Lifecycle stage: establishedzombie
  • ·Investment thesis: unclassifiedzombie_hold
  • Opportunity score: 7968
  • Hygiene score: 9080
  • Bankability: 8075
  • +3 more
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.93M
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10920
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46210SIC 46210
  • 46900Non-specialised wholesale trade
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -78% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

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
No charge records returned
50
Directors & officers
No officers data
0
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
No filing history
0
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
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
70
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,925,653
Cash draining
Cash down 78% YoY
Cash YoY
-78%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£217k
↓ 78% YoY
Net Worth
£1.9m
↑ 4.9% YoY
Current Assets
£5.4m
↓ 7.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£1.2m£2.4m£3.5m£4.7m£5.9mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£3.11M£2.43M
Current assets£5.44M£5.91M
Cash£216.7k£1.00M
Debtors£3.46M£2.63M
Net assets£1.93M£1.83M

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Corporate timeline (1 events)Click to expand
  1. 2020-10-02
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    Company incorporated
    As A.R. WHOLESALE LIMITED

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-10-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10920 — SIC 10920

Registered office

1 Mount Pleasant Way Stokesley Business Park
Stokesley
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
TS9 5NZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01