101 LIFE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15015466 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-20
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£-5.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,996

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£5k
Current Assets
£7k
Current Liabilities
-£5k-£3k-£394£2k£4k£7kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-5.0k
Current assets£6.5k
Net assets£-5.0k

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 (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-18
    CASEY, Sophie Nicole appointed
    director
  3. 2025-08-18
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-07-07
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2024-10-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 101 LIFE LTD
  7. 2023-07-20
    GUTSELL, Jason Ashley appointed
    director
  8. 2023-07-20
    📄
    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 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-07-07: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jason Ashley Gutsell
Individual · British · DOB 11/1990 · age 36
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/07/2023

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
Incorporated2023-07-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

27 Cottages Road
Seaham
SR7 7RL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-02
Last: 2025-07-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CASEY, Sophie Nicole
director · ~28y · appointed 2025-08-18
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Active
GUTSELL, Jason Ashley
director · ~36y · appointed 2023-07-20
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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-18
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-20