ACTA SANCTORUM LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14969574 · ltd · incorporated 2023-06-29
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 Jun 2024
Net worth
£55.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed retail with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
6 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
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £55,000

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£55k
Current Assets
£19k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-06-30
Total assets£55.0k
Current assets£19.0k
Net assets£55.0k

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

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 (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-05
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2024-09-17
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2023-06-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACTA SANCTORUM LTD
  5. 2023-06-29
    KANKUNI, Samuel Sipho appointed
    director
  6. 2023-06-29
    THOMAS, Damilola Alabi appointed
    director
  7. 2023-06-29
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-31

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Samuel Sipho Kankuni
Individual · British · DOB 10/1996 · age 30
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/06/2023
Mr Damilola Alabi Thomas
Individual · Nigerian · DOB 05/1997 · age 29
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/06/2023

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
Incorporated2023-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

Tru Knit House 9-11 Carliol Square
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 6UF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-03-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-12
Last: 2025-06-28

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KANKUNI, Samuel Sipho
director · ~30y · appointed 2023-06-29
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THOMAS, Damilola Alabi
director · ~29y · appointed 2023-06-29
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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-09-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-06-29