AR COFFEE RETAIL LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC481488 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-04
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£136.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10832
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £136,053
Cash YoY
+30%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£165k
↑ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£136k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£176k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£35k£70k£106k£141k£176kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£136.1k£113.1k
Current assets£176.2k£142.7k
Cash£165.3k£127.6k
Debtors£9.1k£10.3k
Net assets£136.1k£113.1k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-07-30
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-07-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2014-07-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AR COFFEE RETAIL LTD
  16. 2014-07-04
    ➕
    THOMPSON, John Alan appointed
    director
  17. 2014-07-04
    ➕
    ARTISAN ROAST LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  18. 2014-07-04
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 John Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares04/07/2016
Mr Gustavo Adolfo Pardo Hoppe
Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence04/07/2016

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
Incorporated2014-07-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10832 — SIC 10832

Registered office

Unit 4 Peffermill Parc 25 King's Haugh
Unit 4 Peffermill Parc
Edinburgh
EH16 5UY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-08
Last: 2025-06-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

THOMPSON, John Alan→
director · ~52y · appointed 2014-07-04
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Active
ARTISAN ROAST LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2014-07-04
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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-13