ARE HOLDINGS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
13650009 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-29
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£70.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
19 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £70,412
Very low cash
Cash position: £44
Cash YoY
+1367%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£44
↑ 1367% YoY
Net Worth
£70k
↑ 4.1% YoY
Current Assets
£44
↑ 1367% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £70.4k | £67.6k |
| Current assets | £44 | £3 |
| Cash | £44 | £3 |
| Net assets | £70.4k | £67.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-04📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2022-01-01📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-01-01📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-11-24📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-11-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-29🏢Company incorporatedAs ARE HOLDINGS LTD
- 2021-09-29➕APATA, Folasade Taibat appointeddirector
- 2021-09-29➕WOODGETT, Jonathan appointeddirector
- 2021-09-29📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome 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 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
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Folasade Taibat Apata Individual · British · DOB 08/1981 · age 45 | 75–100% | — | board control75-100% shares · board control | 29/09/2021 |
Mr Jonathan Woodgett Individual · British · DOB 10/1972 · age 54 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 29/09/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| AQUATICS SOUTH WEST (HOLDINGS) LIMITED→ 16349496 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ASHBURTON HOUSE LIMITED→ 05637551 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| ASHELDON MANOR RESIDENTS LTD→ 03782781 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
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| BANK HOUSE ASHBURTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 01983628 · est 1986 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 40y | — | — |
| BARKINGDON MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 05863944 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| BARLEY MEADOWS (BRIXTON) LIMITED→ 13965571 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| BARN CLOSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 02361031 · est 1989 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 37y | — | — |
| BARONRIDGE LIMITED→ 02505988 · est 1990 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 35y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-09-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
4 Kingsway Drive
Paignton
TQ4 7AF
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-15
Last: 2026-01-01
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
APATA, Folasade Taibat→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2021-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WOODGETT, Jonathan→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2021-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (19 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-13
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2022-01-04
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-01-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-01
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-01-01