ARCADE ARCHIVE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14345385 · ltd · incorporated 2022-09-08
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£34.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Museum activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong 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. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -49% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £34,319
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,440 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 49% YoY
Cash YoY
-49%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£665
↓ 49% YoY
Net Worth
£34k
↓ 4.0% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£7k£14k£21k£29k£36kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£47.5k£48.6k
Cash£665£1.3k
Net assets£34.3k£35.8k

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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-19
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  4. 2024-06-18
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-06-18
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-06-18
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2024-06-18
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2024-06-13
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2024-06-07
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2024-05-23
    BRERETON, Holly Rebecca Hannah appointed
    director
  11. 2024-05-23
    CROWLEY, Alexis resigned
    director
  12. 2024-05-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2024-01-22
    📄
    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  14. 2023-03-14
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2023-03-14
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2023-03-14
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  17. 2023-03-14
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  18. 2022-09-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARCADE ARCHIVE LTD
  19. 2022-09-08
    CORBETT, Neil Thomas appointed
    director
  20. 2022-09-08
    HEBER GROUP LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  21. 2022-09-08
    CROWLEY, Alexis appointed
    director
  22. 2022-09-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
The Retro Cave Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
🏛️
Heber Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
ARCADE ARCHIVE LTD
This company · 14345385

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Retro Cave Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/05/2024
Heber Group Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/05/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alexis Crowleyceased 23/05/2024· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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
Incorporated2022-09-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

Belvedere Mill
Chalford
Stroud
GL6 8NS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BRERETON, Holly Rebecca Hannah
director · ~57y · appointed 2024-05-23
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Active
CORBETT, Neil Thomas
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-09-08
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Active
HEBER GROUP LTD
corporate-director · appointed 2022-09-08
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Active
CROWLEY, Alexis
director · ~55y · appointed 2022-09-08 · resigned 2024-05-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-23
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-06-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-06-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-06-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-06-13
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-06-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-23
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-14