ARETE INVESTORS 12 (NOMINEES) LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
13531961 · ltd · incorporated 2021-07-27
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed holding with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
63/100Worth 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
50
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)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£1£1£1Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£1£1
Current assets£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
    LORD, Simon Martin appointed
    director
  5. 2023-07-31
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-05-24
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-05-24
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2023-05-24
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-05-24
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-05-16
    FLETCHER, Michael James appointed
    director
  11. 2023-05-16
    CHEETHAM, Matthew Anthony resigned
    director
  12. 2023-04-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-07-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARETE INVESTORS 12 (NOMINEES) LIMITED
  14. 2021-07-27
    CHEETHAM, Matthew Anthony appointed
    director
  15. 2021-07-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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: 2026-07-31

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Michael James Fletcher
Individual · British · DOB 11/1974 · age 52
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/05/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Matthew Anthony Cheethamceased 16/05/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

14 Castle Street Arete Offices
1st Floor
Liverpool
L2 0NE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31OVERDUE
Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

FLETCHER, Michael James
director · ~52y · appointed 2023-05-16
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Active
LORD, Simon Martin
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-07-31
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Active
CHEETHAM, Matthew Anthony
director · ~44y · appointed 2021-07-27 · resigned 2023-05-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-07-27