ARTECHE UK LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14113933 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-18
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
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27900
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. 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: medium (62/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees2

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-03-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-03-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-02-07
    NAIR, Jishnu appointed
    director
  6. 2025-02-07
    BADIOLA VARGAS, Laura Elena resigned
    director
  7. 2024-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-02-14
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2023-09-30
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2023-08-08
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2022-05-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARTECHE UK LIMITED
  14. 2022-05-18
    GUTIERREZ ZORNOZA, Federico appointed
    director
  15. 2022-05-18
    BADIOLA VARGAS, Laura Elena appointed
    director
  16. 2022-05-18
    📄
    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: 2026-05-31

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-05-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900

Registered office

Martlet House E1 Yeoman Gate
Yeoman Way
Worthing
West Sussex
BN13 3QZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-31OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-17

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GUTIERREZ ZORNOZA, Federico
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-05-18
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Active
NAIR, Jishnu
director · ~37y · appointed 2025-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BADIOLA VARGAS, Laura Elena
director · ~45y · appointed 2022-05-18 · resigned 2025-02-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-14
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-28
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-08-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-05-18