ARC ADDITIVE LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC794912 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-11
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£200
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £200
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£200
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £200 |
| Debtors | £207.1k |
| Net assets | £200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-11-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2025-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-01-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-20📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-12-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-12-20📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2024-12-20📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-12-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-12-19📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2024-12-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-19📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-12-17➕MURPHY, Kim Margaret appointedsecretary
- 2024-12-17➕HOUSTON, Paul Hugh appointeddirector
- 2024-11-18➕MURPHY, Kim Margaret appointeddirector
- 2024-11-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-03-12➕GRAHAM, Robert Wright appointeddirector
- 2024-03-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-01-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ARC ADDITIVE LIMITED
- 2024-01-11➕MINCHER, James Ronnie appointeddirector
- 2024-01-11📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
53/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Wb Alloy Welding Products Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
🏛️significant stake
Wb Alloy Welding Products Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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ARC ADDITIVE LIMITED
This company · SC794912
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr James Ronnie Mincher Individual · British · DOB 05/1987 · age 39 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 11/01/2024 |
Wb Alloy Welding Products Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/12/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-01-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities
Registered office
Unit 2, Rankine Square, Deans Industrial Estate Unit 2, Rankine Square
Deans Industrial Estate
Livingston
EH54 8SH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
MURPHY, Kim Margaret→
Activesecretary · appointed 2024-12-17
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GRAHAM, Robert Wright→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2024-03-12
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HOUSTON, Paul Hugh→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2024-12-17
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MINCHER, James Ronnie→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2024-01-11
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MURPHY, Kim Margaret→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2024-11-18
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 26/11/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (19 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-12-20
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-20
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-12-20
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-12-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-12-19
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-12-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-19