ARTL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC326453 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-27
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.4y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-30
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2022-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2021-10-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2021-09-01
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    GIBSON, Elizabeth Jane resigned
    director
  9. 2021-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-07-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2016-06-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2016-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-12-13
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Vivienne Cunningham & Another
  19. 2008-01-08
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  20. 2007-12-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  21. 2007-07-20
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    GIBSON, Graham Macfarlane appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-07-20
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    GIBSON, Graham Macfarlane appointed
    director
  23. 2007-07-20
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    GIBSON, Elizabeth Jane appointed
    director
  24. 2007-06-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTL LIMITED
  25. 2007-06-27
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2007-06-27
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2007-06-27
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2007-06-27
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2007-06-27
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2007-06-27
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham Macfarlane Gibson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Elizabeth Jane Gibsonceased 01/09/2021· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-06-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

7 King Street
Perth
PH2 8HR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-11
Last: 2025-06-27

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GIBSON, Graham Macfarlane→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBSON, Graham Macfarlane→
director · ~69y · appointed 2007-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-06-27 · resigned 2007-06-27
Resigned
GIBSON, Elizabeth Jane→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-07-20 · resigned 2021-09-01
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-06-27 · resigned 2007-06-27
Resigned
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-06-27 · resigned 2007-06-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Vivienne Cunningham & Another
Standard security1 property13/12/2012—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property08/01/2008—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property18/12/2007—
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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-10-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01