ARKAS GROUP LTD

🌱Startupactive
16699093 · ltd · incorporated 2025-09-06
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
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10831
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46370Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
  • 47250SIC 47250
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
5 filings
60
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-04-14
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2025-09-13
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-09-13
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-09-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARKAS GROUP LTD
  6. 2025-09-06
    ACQUAYE, Roland Adotey appointed
    director
  7. 2025-09-06
    KHAN, Sumaiya appointed
    director
  8. 2025-09-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 0.7 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sumaiya Khan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1999 · age 27
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/09/2025
Mr Roland Adotey Acquaye
Individual · Ghanaian · DOB 06/1994 · age 32
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/09/2025

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
Incorporated2025-09-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10831 — SIC 10831

Registered office

4 Berkeley Close
Eccleshill
Bradford
BD2 3DR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-06
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ACQUAYE, Roland Adotey
director · ~32y · appointed 2025-09-06
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KHAN, Sumaiya
director · ~27y · appointed 2025-09-06
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Recent filings (5 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-21
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-09-06