ART-K BARNET LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13830278 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-05
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90030Artistic creation
  • 90040Operation of arts facilities
  • 94990Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 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 (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-01-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ART-K BARNET LTD
  7. 2022-01-05
    HARPER, David James appointed
    director
  8. 2022-01-05
    HARPER, Emily Rose appointed
    director
  9. 2022-01-05
    HARPER, Kathryn Margaret appointed
    director
  10. 2022-01-05
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

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

Group structure

Art-K Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Art-K Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ART-K BARNET LTD
This company · 13830278

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Art-K Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/01/2022

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
Incorporated2022-01-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Conifers
The Warren
Ashtead
KT21 2RX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HARPER, David James
director · ~67y · appointed 2022-01-05
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Active
HARPER, Emily Rose
director · ~32y · appointed 2022-01-05
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Active
HARPER, Kathryn Margaret
director · ~63y · appointed 2022-01-05
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-01-05