ARKWELL FASTENERS LIMITED
Company number 01599516 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Arkwell Fasteners Limited is a long-established but steadily contracting micro-distributor in the UK fasteners wholesale market, with net assets declining 68.5% over nine years to £105,647 — a trajectory that significantly underperforms sector norms where retained profits typically build equity over time. While short-term liquidity remains adequate (current ratio of 2.1:1), the persistent erosion of the asset base, combined with structural headwinds facing small industrial distributors — including post-Brexit supply chain costs, manufacturing sector contraction, and competitive pressure from larger consolidators — raises serious questions about the business's long-term sustainability without strategic intervention or capital injection.
Shareholders' funds
£87,378
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1981-11-24
- Employees
- 5 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Unit 1, Chapel Street, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 1EQ
- Postcode
- NG10 1EQ
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-03
- Next due by
- 2026-10-17
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
Officers 1 current · 5 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA298870 (Tier 1), registered since 2017.
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Contact details
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 292 similar companies in NG, trading since 1981
Competitors Nottingham
This company ranks 70 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Nottingham.
The class of 1981
65%
of the 14,493 companies incorporated in 1981 are still active today; 29% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2004-04-23
- Where
- Derbyshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DY374472 | Derbyshire | Freehold | 2004-04-23 | — |
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