ARBOR FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00501259 · ltd · incorporated 1951-11-13

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 63.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sawmilling and planing of wood

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46130SIC 46130
49410Freight transport by road

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 63.7y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 63.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (6 active, 16 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

141 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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mortgage · MR04
2024-09-30
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Charge satisfied #1
2023-10-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
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officers · AP01
2023-04-26
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TURNER, Allister Paul appointed
director
2022-11-11
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accounts · AA
2021-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-12
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officers · TM01
2019-04-11
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officers · TM01
2019-03-29
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HOWARTH, Deborah Jane resigned
director
2019-03-29
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HOWARTH, Julie Ann resigned
director
2019-01-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-04
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address · AD01
2017-09-14
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accounts · AA
2017-08-23
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OSTLER, Jason resigned
director
2016-08-01
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OSTLER, Jason appointed
director
2016-08-01
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YELL, Philip Adam appointed
director
2015-03-31
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SOUTHARD, Graham Kenneth resigned
director
2015-03-27
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LOWDE, James Ernest resigned
director
2010-03-16
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HOWARTH, Deborah Jane appointed
director
2010-03-16
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HOWARTH, Julie Ann appointed
director
2009-09-07
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2007-07-01
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OSTLER, Jason appointed
director
2006-01-11
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LOWERY, Bernard Peter resigned
director
2002-09-20
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HOWARTH, Dorothy Elizabeth Benson resigned
director
2000-04-01
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SOUTHARD, Graham Kenneth appointed
director
2000-03-17
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SIMPSON, Robert Kirk resigned
director
1999-07-01
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HOWARTH, Julie Ann appointed
secretary
1999-07-01
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HOWARTH, Dorothy Elizabeth Benson resigned
secretary
1998-01-31
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RAMSDEN, Alan resigned
director
1996-04-01
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SIMPSON, Robert Kirk appointed
director
1990-11-22
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Charge satisfied #2
1987-01-13
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1962-10-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1951-11-13
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Company incorporated
As ARBOR FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 75 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Howarthtimber Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Howarthtimber Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ARBOR FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED

This company · 00501259

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Howarthtimber Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/11/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Andrew Peter Howarthceased 01/11/2025· board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest

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

Incorporated1951-11-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC16100 — Sawmilling and planing of wood

Registered office

The Lincoln Castle Lincoln Castle Way

New Holland

Barrow-Upon-Humber

North Lincolnshire

DN19 7RX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-20

Last: 2025-12-06