ARDELIS LTD
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £61.5k |
| Current assets | — | £62.1k |
| Net assets | — | £61.5k |
| Average employees | 100 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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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Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-18📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-23📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-18📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2011-03-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ARDELIS LTD
- 2011-03-11➕BOYLE, Michael John appointedsecretary
- 2011-03-11➕BOYLE, Fiona Janet appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Fiona Janet Boyle Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Michael John Boyle Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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