1W GROUP LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13870709 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-25
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
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
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
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red 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£15k£30k£44k£59k£74kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.1k
Current assets£74.1k
Net assets£1.1k
Average employees2

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.

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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 (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-01-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1W GROUP LTD
  7. 2022-01-25
    RILEY, Wasim Ahmed Farook appointed
    director
  8. 2022-01-25
    WASEEM, Ismaeel Mohammed appointed
    director
  9. 2022-01-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Wasim Ahmed Farook Riley
Individual · British · DOB 01/1991 · age 35
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/01/2022
Mr Ismaeel Mohammed Waseem
Individual · British · DOB 04/1989 · age 37
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/01/2022

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
Incorporated2022-01-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

Ground Floor, Citygate
Longridge Road
Preston
PR2 5BQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

RILEY, Wasim Ahmed Farook
director · ~35y · appointed 2022-01-25
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Active
WASEEM, Ismaeel Mohammed
director · ~37y · appointed 2022-01-25
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-01-25