21CHG LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
14841149 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-02
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £3,797
Net assets shrinking
Down £14,401 YoY
Cash YoY
+7%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£50k
↑ 7.3% YoY
Net Worth
£4k
↓ 79% YoY
Current Assets
£53k
↓ 9.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.8k | £18.2k |
| Current assets | £53.3k | £58.8k |
| Cash | £49.7k | £46.3k |
| Debtors | £3.6k | £12.5k |
| Net assets | £3.8k | £18.2k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-27📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-03-01➕THEOPHANOUS, Elpida Christina appointeddirector
- 2024-02-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-05-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-05-02🏢Company incorporatedAs 21CHG LIMITED
- 2023-05-02➕SWEENY, Mark appointeddirector
- 2023-05-02📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Elpida Christina Theophanous Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 03/05/2023 |
Mr Mark Sweeny Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 02/05/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-05-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
29 The Green
Winchmore Hill
London
N21 1HS
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-15
Last: 2025-05-01
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SWEENY, Mark→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2023-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THEOPHANOUS, Elpida Christina→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2024-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (9 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-02