ARCHIE FORREST LIMITED

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SC388041 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-02
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 (76/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 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£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
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

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-11-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-11-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-11-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-11-04
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    FORREST, Linda appointed
    secretary
  17. 2010-11-04
    ➕
    FORREST, Archibald Henderson appointed
    director
  18. 2010-11-04
    ➖
    SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2010-11-04
    ➖
    BEVERIDGE, David Brannigan resigned
    director
  20. 2010-11-04
    ➖
    SHELF DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2010-11-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ARCHIE FORREST LIMITED
  22. 2010-11-02
    ➕
    SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2010-11-02
    ➕
    BEVERIDGE, David Brannigan appointed
    director
  24. 2010-11-02
    ➕
    SHELF DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FORREST" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Archibald Henderson Forrest
Individual · British · DOB 07/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/11/2016
Mrs Linda Forrest
Individual · British · DOB 10/1951 · age 75
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
Incorporated2010-11-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

2 Cleveden Crescent
Glasgow
G12 0PD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-16
Last: 2025-11-02

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

FORREST, Linda→
secretary · appointed 2010-11-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORREST, Archibald Henderson→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-11-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-11-02 · resigned 2010-11-04
Resigned
BEVERIDGE, David Brannigan→
director · ~52y · appointed 2010-11-02 · resigned 2010-11-04
Resigned
SHELF DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2010-11-02 · resigned 2010-11-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-08