ARCTIC137 LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15534129 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-01
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46440
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (71/100)

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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
6 filings
60
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
Metric2025-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-09
    ROSS, Jamie Alexander resigned
    director
  3. 2024-03-09
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-03-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-03-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARCTIC137 LIMITED
  6. 2024-03-01
    JONES, Jake appointed
    director
  7. 2024-03-01
    ROSS, Jamie Alexander appointed
    director
  8. 2024-03-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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: 2026-03-26

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jake Jones
Individual · British · DOB 03/2002 · age 24
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/03/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jamie Alexander Rossceased 09/03/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-03-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46440 — SIC 46440

Registered office

19 Harvest Way
Hindley Green
Wigan
WN2 4GD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-26OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-12

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

JONES, Jake
director · ~24y · appointed 2024-03-01
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Active
ROSS, Jamie Alexander
director · ~27y · appointed 2024-03-01 · resigned 2024-03-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (6 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-01