81 WOLVERHAMPTON LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14107320 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2022-05-14
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 May 2025
Net worth
£0
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47820
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth 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
50
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
£0
Current Assets
£27k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£5k£11k£16k£22k£27kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£50.0k£50.0k
Current assets£27.0k£19.2k
Net assets£0£0

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 81 WOLVERHAMPTON LTD
  5. 2022-05-14
    BELL, Richard Alan David appointed
    director
  6. 2022-05-14
    DAVIES, Stephen Robert appointed
    director
  7. 2022-05-14
    FOXALL, Stephen John appointed
    director
  8. 2022-05-14
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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: 2026-05-27

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2022-05-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47820 — SIC 47820

Registered office

197 Penn Road
Wolverhampton
WV3 0EQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-27OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-13

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BELL, Richard Alan David
director · ~55y · appointed 2022-05-14
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Active
DAVIES, Stephen Robert
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-05-14
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Active
FOXALL, Stephen John
director · ~55y · appointed 2022-05-14
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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-05-14