ARDMOOR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC381387 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-02
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
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-729.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £729,590
Cash YoY
+257%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£29k
↑ 257% YoY
Net Worth
-£730k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£511k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£730k-£454k-£178k£98k£374k£650kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£340.8k£240.0k
Current assets£511.5k£650.4k
Cash£28.9k£8.1k
Debtors£31.8k£22.2k
Net assets£-729.6k£-619.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-01-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-01
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    THOMAS, Ben appointed
    director
  7. 2023-08-15
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    BARLOW, Charles Edward Anthony resigned
    director
  8. 2023-08-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-07-07
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  10. 2023-07-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2023-03-31
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    accounts · AAMD
  12. 2023-03-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2022-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-04-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2022-04-01
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    BARLOW, Charles Edward Anthony appointed
    director
  16. 2022-04-01
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    BARLOW, Charles Edward Anthony resigned
    director
  17. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-07-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-08-21
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    capital · SH01
  21. 2020-07-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2020-07-03
    ➕
    PATTEN, Timothy appointed
    director
  23. 2020-05-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2020-05-12
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    PATTEN, Timothy resigned
    director
  25. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2019-10-04
    ➕
    PATTEN, Timothy appointed
    director
  27. 2019-05-21
    ➖
    SMYLY, Robert Dennis resigned
    director
  28. 2016-11-25
    ➖
    MACLAY, Robert Michael resigned
    director
  29. 2010-07-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ARDMOOR LIMITED
  30. 2010-07-02
    ➕
    STODART, Anthony Michael Kinnaird appointed
    director
  31. 2010-07-02
    ➕
    BARLOW, Charles Edward Anthony appointed
    director
  32. 2010-07-02
    ➕
    MACLAY, Robert Michael appointed
    director
  33. 2010-07-02
    ➕
    SMYLY, Robert Dennis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • 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
Mr Anthony Michael Kinnaird Stodart
Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · age 57
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/05/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Charles Edward Anthony Barlowceased 21/04/2023· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2010-07-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

The Granary
Kingston
North Berwick
EH39 5LT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

PATTEN, Timothy→
director · ~66y · appointed 2020-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STODART, Anthony Michael Kinnaird→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMAS, Ben→
director · ~59y · appointed 2023-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARLOW, Charles Edward Anthony→
director · ~58y · appointed 2022-04-01 · resigned 2023-08-15
Resigned
BARLOW, Charles Edward Anthony→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-07-02 · resigned 2022-04-01
Resigned
MACLAY, Robert Michael→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-07-02 · resigned 2016-11-25
Resigned
PATTEN, Timothy→
director · ~66y · appointed 2019-10-04 · resigned 2020-05-12
Resigned
SMYLY, Robert Dennis→
director · ~81y · appointed 2010-07-02 · resigned 2019-05-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-07
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-03-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04