ARABIAN HORSE LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
15054863 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-07
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
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£35.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 71/100 (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 (58/100).
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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £34,992
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£40k
Net Worth
£35k
Current Assets
£63k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £35.0k | — |
| Current assets | £63.2k | — |
| Cash | £39.5k | — |
| Debtors | £14.2k | — |
| Net assets | £35.0k | — |
| Average employees | — | 0 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-01-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-01-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-01-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-08-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ARABIAN HORSE LIMITED
- 2023-08-07➕HODGSON, Gemma Luisa appointeddirector
- 2023-08-07➕HODGSON, Mark Anthony appointeddirector
- 2023-08-07📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Gemma Luisa Hodgson Individual · British · DOB 07/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 07/08/2023 |
Mr Mark Anthony Hodgson Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 07/08/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-08-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars
Registered office
2 Quarry View
Ackworth
Pontefract
WF7 7AD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-27
Last: 2026-07-13
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HODGSON, Gemma Luisa→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2023-08-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HODGSON, Mark Anthony→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2023-08-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (12 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-07