ARKID LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14843376 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-03
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 May 2025
Net worth
£-6.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
10 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,206

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£6k
Current Assets
£258
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£-5.5k
Current assets£258
Net assets£-6.2k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-23
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-02-03
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-05-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-05-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARKID LIMITED
  7. 2023-05-03
    GALLAGHER, Richard John appointed
    director
  8. 2023-05-03
    LOFTMAN, Charles Alexander appointed
    director
  9. 2023-05-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-05-03
    📄
    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

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.

🏛️
Praxis Live Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
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Boxed Off Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
ARKID LIMITED
This company · 14843376

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
Praxis Live Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control03/05/2023
Boxed Off Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control03/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

492 Manchester Road
Stocksbridge
Sheffield
S36 2DU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-16
Last: 2026-05-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GALLAGHER, Richard John
director · ~34y · appointed 2023-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOFTMAN, Charles Alexander
director · ~38y · appointed 2023-05-03
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-03