ARKN VENTURES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
13414078 · ltd · incorporated 2021-05-21
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 May 2025
Net worth
£-3.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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, 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £3,795
Net assets shrinking
Down £317,199 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£4k
↓ 101% YoY
Current Assets
£890k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£4k£298k£600k£901k£1.2m£1.5mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£1.97M£2.48M
Current assets£890.2k£1.50M
Net assets£-3.8k£313.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-13
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2023-05-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-25
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2021-05-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARKN VENTURES LTD
  8. 2021-05-21
    ATUEYI, Benjamin appointed
    director
  9. 2021-05-21
    ROBINSON, Steven appointed
    director
  10. 2021-05-21
    📄
    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 5 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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-03

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Benjamin Atueyi
Individual · British · DOB 12/1994 · age 32
2550%
25-50% shares21/05/2021
Mr Steven Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1995 · age 31
2550%
25-50% shares21/05/2021

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
Incorporated2021-05-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

20-22 Wenlock Road
London
N1 7GU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-03OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ATUEYI, Benjamin
director · ~32y · appointed 2021-05-21
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Active
ROBINSON, Steven
director · ~31y · appointed 2021-05-21
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-05-21