1732 LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15021863 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-24
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 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
57/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 57/100 (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 (74/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
57/100Worth 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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-31

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
1
filing
  • 1 change-of-name
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-06
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-11-29
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-10-14
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-05-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-05-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-05-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-05-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2025-05-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2025-05-01
    ELPHICK, Michael James resigned
    director
  11. 2025-05-01
    JONES, Christopher David resigned
    director
  12. 2023-07-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1732 LIMITED
  13. 2023-07-24
    ALLEN, Douglas Walter appointed
    director
  14. 2023-07-24
    ELPHICK, Michael James appointed
    director
  15. 2023-07-24
    JONES, Christopher David appointed
    director
  16. 2023-07-24
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2023-07-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2023-07-24
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med ·
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: 2026-04-30

Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2026-02-06: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Douglas Walter Allen
Individual · English · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control24/07/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Christopher David Jonesceased 01/05/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Michael James Elphickceased 01/05/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2023-07-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Floor 2 Lakeside Point C/O Cjm Associates
Lakeside Business Park
Cannock
Staffordshire
WS11 0XE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

ALLEN, Douglas Walter
director · ~53y · appointed 2023-07-24
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Active
ELPHICK, Michael James
director · ~66y · appointed 2023-07-24 · resigned 2025-05-01
Resigned
JONES, Christopher David
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-07-24 · resigned 2025-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-02-06
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-10-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-24