ARTHUR STREET NEWS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC709000 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-08
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£2.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed retail with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: No active directors on record. Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated. 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
1 officers (0 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,730

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£3k
↑ 108% YoY
Current Assets
£67k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£15k£30k£45k£60k£74kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£15.0k£8.2k
Current assets£66.6k£74.5k
Net assets£2.7k£1.3k

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
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-04-15
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-04-02
    HUSSAIN, Arshad resigned
    director
  4. 2025-05-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-30
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-09-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARTHUR STREET NEWS LTD
  9. 2021-09-08
    HUSSAIN, Arshad appointed
    director
  10. 2021-09-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

Red flags

1 high ·
No active directors on record
high

Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-09-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

Arthur Street Store
Arthur Street
Blairgowrie
Perthshire
PH10 6PB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (0 active · 1 resigned)

HUSSAIN, Arshad
director · ~43y · appointed 2021-09-08 · resigned 2026-04-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-09-08