ARTING AROUND CIC

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15788450 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2024-06-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 45/100. 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 (45/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 2 gazette
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 gazette
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-23
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-05-19
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-03-21
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  4. 2025-03-21
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-03-19
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  6. 2025-03-19
    📄
    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  7. 2025-03-19
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2025-02-24
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-02-24
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2025-02-21
    COLES, Susan appointed
    director
  11. 2025-02-21
    FARMAN, Debbie Jane appointed
    director
  12. 2024-06-23
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  13. 2024-06-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARTING AROUND CIC
  14. 2024-06-19
    LANGESKOV, Jennie Rachel Helen appointed
    director
  15. 2024-06-19
    📄
    incorporation-community-interest-company
    incorporation · CICINC

Owner dependency

70/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 1.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 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: 2026-03-19

Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2024-06-23: certificate-change-of-name-company

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2024-06-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

233 College Road
Norwich
NR2 3JD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-03-19OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

COLES, Susan
director · ~74y · appointed 2025-02-21
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Active
FARMAN, Debbie Jane
director · ~61y · appointed 2025-02-21
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Active
LANGESKOV, Jennie Rachel Helen
director · ~45y · appointed 2024-06-19
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-05-23
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-03-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-21
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-03-19
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2025-03-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-03-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-24
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-06-23
incorporation-community-interest-company
incorporation · CICINC
2024-06-19