54 EXHIBITIONS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13811601 · ltd · incorporated 2021-12-21
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of exhibition and fair organisers
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees100100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 dissolution
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-20
    📄
    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  2. 2026-04-14
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-13
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2024-03-12
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2023-09-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-19
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2023-03-07
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2021-12-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 54 EXHIBITIONS LTD
  11. 2021-12-21
    VEYSEY, Anthony Frederick appointed
    director
  12. 2021-12-21
    VEYSEY, Karen Louise appointed
    director
  13. 2021-12-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.

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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-01-03

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Frederick Veysey
Individual · British · DOB 12/1970 · age 56
2550%
25-50% shares21/12/2021
Mrs Karen Louise Veysey
Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55
2550%
25-50% shares21/12/2021

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-12-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82301 — Activities of exhibition and fair organisers

Registered office

54 Nicholls Lane Winterbourne
Bristol
BS36 1NE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-01-03OVERDUE
Last: 2024-12-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

VEYSEY, Anthony Frederick
director · ~56y · appointed 2021-12-21
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Active
VEYSEY, Karen Louise
director · ~55y · appointed 2021-12-21
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Recent filings (13 total)

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2026-05-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-03-13
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-04-19
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-03-07
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-12-21