BELONG2 LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14480830 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-13
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£114.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: General secondary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85600Educational support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -41% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £114,704
Cash draining
Cash down 41% YoY
Cash YoY
-41%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£167k
↓ 41% YoY
Net Worth
£115k
↑ 6.0% YoY
Current Assets
£287k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£112k£224k£335k£447k£559kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£114.7k£108.3k
Current assets£286.6k£558.9k
Cash£167.4k£285.7k
Debtors£119.3k£273.2k
Net assets£114.7k£108.3k

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

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2 signals 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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-11-25
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-11-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-11-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-08-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-07-12
    EVANS, Catherine Anita appointed
    director
  9. 2024-07-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-07-12
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2022-11-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BELONG2 LIMITED
  12. 2022-11-13
    EVANS, James Timothy appointed
    director
  13. 2022-11-13
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Timothy Evans
Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/11/2022

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
Incorporated2022-11-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85310 — General secondary education

Registered office

3 Royal Crescent
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 3DA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

EVANS, Catherine Anita
director · ~59y · appointed 2024-07-12
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EVANS, James Timothy
director · ~53y · appointed 2022-11-13
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Active

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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-11-13