ARBOREAL LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16041080 · ltd · incorporated 2024-10-25
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
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
7 filings
60
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-12-11
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  2. 2024-12-11
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2024-12-11
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2024-12-03
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2024-12-03
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-10-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARBOREAL LIMITED
  7. 2024-10-25
    REED, Sebastian Rollo Guy appointed
    director
  8. 2024-10-25
    📄
    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 1.6 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

The Looking Glass Of Bath Ltd holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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The Looking Glass Of Bath Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
ARBOREAL LIMITED
This company · 16041080

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
The Looking Glass Of Bath Ltd
Corporate entity
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control20/11/2024
Mr Sebastian Rollo Guy Reed
Individual · British · DOB 04/1992 · age 34
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/10/2024

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
Incorporated2024-10-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

11 Laura Place
Bath
BA2 4BL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-25
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

REED, Sebastian Rollo Guy
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-10-25
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Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-12-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-12-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-10-25