ARTIS (EUROPE) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
NI071440 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-09
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£4.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,311
Net assets shrinking
Down £995 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£4k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£6k£10k£13k£16kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£5.3k£6.3k
Current assets£12.0k£16.2k
Net assets£4.3k£5.3k

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-04
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  2. 2024-12-29
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  3. 2024-08-13
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  4. 2023-08-21
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  5. 2022-08-15
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  6. 2021-08-11
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  7. 2021-08-09
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  8. 2020-08-16
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  9. 2019-08-26
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  10. 2018-08-31
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  11. 2018-08-16
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  12. 2017-08-26
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  13. 2016-08-11
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  14. 2016-02-10
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  15. 2015-07-05
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  16. 2009-01-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTIS (EUROPE) LIMITED
  17. 2009-01-09
    ➕
    ALDERDICE, John Thomas, Lord appointed
    director
  18. 2009-01-09
    ➕
    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2009-01-09
    ➖
    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Lord John Thomas Alderdice
Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-01-09
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC72200 — Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities

Registered office

124 Glenariffe Road
Glenariffe
Ballymena
Co Antrim
BT44 0QX
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-12
Last: 2025-12-29

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

ALDERDICE, John Thomas, Lord→
director · ~71y · appointed 2009-01-09
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Active
CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-01-09 · resigned 2009-01-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-07