PULPT LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11868596 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-08
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
£-293
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11030
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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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, 1 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
20 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £293
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£293
↑ 99% YoY
Current Assets
£151k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £89.6k | £50.8k |
| Current assets | £150.9k | £117.6k |
| Net assets | £-293 | £-30.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-08-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Swif Smaller Loans Limited Partnership
- 2023-12-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-08🏢Company incorporatedAs PULPT LIMITED
- 2019-03-08➕COLLAR, Alasdair John appointeddirector
- 2019-03-08➕WAKEFIELD, James Robert appointeddirector
- 2019-03-08📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
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 7 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr James Robert Wakefield Individual · British · DOB 07/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 08/03/2019 |
Mr Alasdair John Collar Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 08/03/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11030 — SIC 11030
Registered office
Cleers View Farm Barn
Somerton Hill
Langport
Somerset
TA10 9AD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
COLLAR, Alasdair John→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2019-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WAKEFIELD, James Robert→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2019-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Swif Smaller Loans Partnership Swif Smaller Loans Limited Partnership | A registered charge | — | 20/08/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (20 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-21