ARC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC759952 · ltd · incorporated 2023-02-23
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-842
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £842
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£842
Current Assets
£308
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£808
Current assets£308
Net assets£-842

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
    MORTON, Danielle Elizabeth appointed
    director
  2. 2026-01-14
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-09-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-27
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-10-16
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-10-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-10-15
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-09-25
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2023-02-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD
  10. 2023-02-23
    MCCLEARY, David Stewart appointed
    director
  11. 2023-02-23
    📄
    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 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-09-25: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Stewart Mccleary
Individual · British · DOB 09/1987 · age 39
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/02/2023

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
Incorporated2023-02-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

1 Burnbrae
Clydebank
G81 6DD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCCLEARY, David Stewart
director · ~39y · appointed 2023-02-23
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Active
MORTON, Danielle Elizabeth
director · ~37y · appointed 2026-01-14
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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-01-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-15
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-02-23