DIENSTLEISTUNG ARNOLD LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14986926 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-07
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
49/100
Watch
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 02400SIC 02400
  • 38210SIC 38210
  • 43110Demolition
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 49/100 (watch), bankability 40/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
49/100Watch
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Not actionable now, but monitor — distressed, succession, or structural changes could flip this into a real opportunity.

Business quality
35
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
41
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
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
Metric2024-07-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-02
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  2. 2025-05-21
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-04-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-04
    ARNOLD, Ulrike appointed
    director
  5. 2024-09-04
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-07-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DIENSTLEISTUNG ARNOLD LTD
  7. 2023-07-07
    ARNOLD, Rene appointed
    director
  8. 2023-07-07
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ARNOLD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

2 high · 1 med ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-30

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-09-18

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-05-21: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Rene Arnold
Individual · German · DOB 10/1981 · age 45
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/07/2023

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Agriculture · M postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
CUNCARR CLIFF SERVICES LIMITED
16478894 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
DOGS RUN FREE LTD
08825458 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
12y
EASY COME, EASY GROW MCR COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
16107170 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
EDGAR AND COB LTD
17013024 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
EFFICIENT GENERATION LIMITED
09561076 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
10y
EOS CONTRACTING LIMITED
08437385 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
13y
ERA SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED
12706706 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
EXTRAMUSSEL LIMITED
04315701 · est 2001 · no financials extracted
24y
FAMILIA HOUSE CIC
13596136 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
4y
FOOD VALLEY AFRICA LTD
11256075 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
8y
FORAGER BEES LTD
15055648 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
FOXY FISHERIES LTD
16251596 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

10 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
Incorporated2023-07-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

132-134 Great Ancoats Street
Unit 620
Manchester
M4 6DE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2025-09-18OVERDUE
Last: 2024-09-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ARNOLD, Rene
director · ~45y · appointed 2023-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARNOLD, Ulrike
director · ~45y · appointed 2024-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (7 total)

gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-06-02
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-07