BUYAPOWA LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07574698 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-23
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£-2.72M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 63110Data processing, hosting and related activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 12.2y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,715,602
Cash YoY
+434%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.1m
↑ 434% YoY
Net Worth
-£2.7m
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£3.7m
↑ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-1.05M | £-511.1k |
| Current assets | £3.68M | £2.70M |
| Cash | £1.08M | £202.6k |
| Debtors | £2.59M | £2.50M |
| Net assets | £-2.72M | £-2.43M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-09-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-08-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-16📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2024-01-11📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-13📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-06-13📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-06-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-02-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-12-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-12-23🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Saas Capital Fund Iii(B), LP
- 2021-12-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-12-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-12-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2021-06-24🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Glif Sd LP, Acting by Its General Partner Glif Sd Gp LTD
- 2019-11-27🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2019-06-03🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Ivor Dunbar
- 2018-03-09🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-09-04➕GLAVANIS, Christos Stergios appointeddirector
- 2017-09-01➖WAGNER, Daniel Maurice resigneddirector
- 2014-04-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bright Station Ventures Limited
- 2012-09-02➖TURNER, Jane Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2011-06-24➕TURNER, Jane Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2011-06-24➕WAGNER, Daniel Maurice appointeddirector
- 2011-03-23🏢Company incorporatedAs BUYAPOWA LIMITED
- 2011-03-23➕LASK, Gideon appointedsecretary
- 2011-03-23➕LASK, Gideon appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities
Registered office
Unit F
11 Bell Yard Mews
London
SE1 3TN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
GLAVANIS, Christos Stergios→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2017-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LASK, Gideon→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2011-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TURNER, Jane Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2011-06-24 · resigned 2012-09-02
WAGNER, Daniel Maurice→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2011-06-24 · resigned 2017-09-01
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Saas Capital Fund Iii(B), LP | A registered charge | — | 23/12/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Glif Sd LP, Acting by Its General Partner Glif Sd Gp Glif Sd LP, Acting by Its General Partner Glif Sd Gp LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/06/2021 | — | |
| satisfied | Ivor Dunbar | A registered charge | — | 03/06/2019 | 27/11/2019 | |
| satisfied | Bright Station Ventures Bright Station Ventures Limited | A registered charge | — | 14/04/2014 | 09/03/2018 |
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Recent filings (95 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2024-01-16
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-06-13
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-06-13