ARROW ELECTRICS UK LIMITED

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SC274891 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-19
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.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of household appliances and home and garden equipment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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 (75/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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  2. 2024-06-25
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  3. 2023-05-03
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  4. 2022-11-25
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  5. 2021-11-02
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  6. 2021-10-22
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  7. 2020-12-17
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  8. 2019-05-31
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  9. 2019-05-23
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  10. 2019-05-23
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  11. 2018-08-20
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  12. 2017-09-28
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  13. 2016-08-22
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  14. 2015-10-23
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  15. 2015-07-02
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  16. 2004-10-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ARROW ELECTRICS UK LIMITED
  17. 2004-10-19
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    ROBSON, Peter William Greenwell, Professor appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-10-19
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    CARDOZO, Joaquin Cagua appointed
    director
  19. 2004-10-19
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2004-10-19
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
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  21. 2004-10-19
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
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  22. 2004-10-19
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
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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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Joaquin Cagua
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Professor Peter William Greenwell Robson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Andrina Anne Marie Robson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1946 · age 80
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-10-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC95220 — Repair of household appliances and home and garden equipment

Registered office

C/O Consilium Chartered Accountants
169 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 2LB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ROBSON, Peter William Greenwell, Professor→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARDOZO, Joaquin Cagua→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-10-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-10-19 · resigned 2004-10-19
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-10-19 · resigned 2004-10-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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2025-11-05
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2025-09-25
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2024-10-21
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2024-06-25
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2023-10-24
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2023-05-03
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2022-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
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2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-22
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accounts · AA
2020-12-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-21
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accounts · AA
2019-05-31