1805 LTD.

🏛️Establishedactive

10177517 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-12

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 May 2025

Net worth

£-18.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -73% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £18,766

Cash draining

Cash down 73% YoY

Cash YoY

-73%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£9k

↓ 73% YoY

Net Worth

-£19k

↑ 25% YoY

Current Assets

£53k

↓ 67% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£-13.8k	£-10.0k
Current assets	£52.7k	£157.8k
Cash	£9.4k	£34.7k
Debtors	£43.3k	£123.1k
Net assets	£-18.8k	£-25.1k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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2024-12-16
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accounts · AA
2024-05-28
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capital · SH01
2023-09-13
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accounts · AA
2022-10-19
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2021-10-29
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accounts · AA
2021-03-18
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2021-03-15
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2020-02-27
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2019-04-08
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2019-04-08
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2019-04-08
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2018-11-28
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2016-05-12
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Company incorporated
As 1805 LTD.
2016-05-12
➕
BLACK, Emma Isobel appointed
director
2016-05-12
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BLACK, Simon Andrew appointed
director

Owner dependency

71/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Simon Andrew Black Individual · British · DOB 11/1970 · age 56	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	12/05/2016
Mrs Emma Isobel Black Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	12/05/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-05-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

Mill House

Liphook Road

Haslemere

Surrey

GU27 3QE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-25

Last: 2025-05-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BLACK, Emma Isobel→

director · ~56y · appointed 2016-05-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BLACK, Simon Andrew→

director · ~56y · appointed 2016-05-12

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (32 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-02-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-16

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-28

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2024-05-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-10-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-10-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-19

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-03-18

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-03-18

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-03-18

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-03-18