A CREATIVE COG LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11382895 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-25
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
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 90030Artistic creation
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.9y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
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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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-06-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2024-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-10-26➕CHANG, Kai Lun appointeddirector
- 2023-06-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-10-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-06-21📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2018-06-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2018-05-25🏢Company incorporatedAs A CREATIVE COG LTD
- 2018-05-25➕LOH, Hu appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Ms Hu Loh Individual · Singaporean · DOB 03/1987 · age 39 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 25/05/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 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
Incorporated2018-05-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 4, Bessemer Park Industrial Estate
250 Milkwood Road
London
SE24 0HG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CHANG, Kai Lun→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2023-10-26
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Active
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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 Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 16/06/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (27 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-24