ARCASOFT UK LTD

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SC826950 · ltd · incorporated 2024-10-25
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£45.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 52290Other transportation support activities
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
  • 63110Data processing, hosting and related activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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, 4 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £45,906

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£46k
Current Assets
£27k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£45.9k
Current assets£27.2k
Net assets£45.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
4
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 capital
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 2 address
  • 1 capital
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 2 address
  • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2026-04-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-02-08
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2026-02-08
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-11-27
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-10-18
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-05-13
    📄
    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  8. 2025-05-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2025-04-12
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2024-10-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARCASOFT UK LTD
  11. 2024-10-25
    SHARMA, Amitabh appointed
    director
  12. 2024-10-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 1.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Amitabh Sharma
Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/10/2024

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
Incorporated2024-10-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

14 Stroud Road
East Kilbride
Glasgow
G75 0YA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SHARMA, Amitabh
director · ~57y · appointed 2024-10-25
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Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-18
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-10-25