57 DEGREES LTD

💤Zombieactive
13492270 · ltd · incorporated 2021-07-05
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£831
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does

Acting as a specialist sales agent, this small wholesale and retail operation likely brokers or facilitates transactions between suppliers and buyers for particular product categories, operating leanly as a micro-entity with recent directorship changes suggesting a streamlined, possibly owner-managed trading structure.

Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £831

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£831
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£460£920£1k£2k£2kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£9.0k£9.0k
Current assets£2.3k£2.3k
Net assets£831£831

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-10-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-10-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-09-25
    MOORE, Winifred Merline appointed
    director
  8. 2023-09-25
    EVANS, Akilah resigned
    director
  9. 2023-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-08-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-08-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-08-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-07-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 57 DEGREES LTD
  14. 2021-07-05
    EVANS, Akilah appointed
    director
  15. 2021-07-05
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

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

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-07-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

14 Wallhouse Road
Erith
DA8 2JU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MOORE, Winifred Merline
director · ~56y · appointed 2023-09-25
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Active
EVANS, Akilah
director · ~24y · appointed 2021-07-05 · resigned 2023-09-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (15 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-07-05