ARCTIC IMPROVEMENTS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC729603 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-14
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2024
Net worth
£46.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed construction with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £46,561

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£47k
↑ 275% YoY
Current Assets
£114k
↑ 1284% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£23k£46k£68k£91k£114kApr 2023Apr 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-04-302023-04-30
Total assets£124.3k£17.4k
Current assets£114.1k£8.2k
Net assets£46.6k£12.4k

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
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-02-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-29
    WEBSTER, Calvin Kenneth appointed
    director
  4. 2024-05-29
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-01-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-17
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-08-08
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-04-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARCTIC IMPROVEMENTS LTD
  9. 2022-04-14
    HALL, James Grant appointed
    director
  10. 2022-04-14
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-27

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Grant Hall
Individual · British · DOB 10/1998 · age 28
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control14/04/2022

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
Incorporated2022-04-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

200 Carmichael Street
Glasgow
G51 2QU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-27OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HALL, James Grant
director · ~28y · appointed 2022-04-14
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Active
WEBSTER, Calvin Kenneth
director · ~25y · appointed 2024-05-29
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-04-14