AFTER A STORM COMES A CALM LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15054857 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-07
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
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28940
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46160SIC 46160
  • 46410Wholesale of textiles
  • 47710Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 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, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-06-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-07
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    Company incorporated
    As AFTER A STORM COMES A CALM LIMITED
  6. 2023-08-07
    UK COMPANY MADE SERVICE LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  7. 2023-08-07
    YAO, Wenxing appointed
    director
  8. 2023-08-07
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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 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Wenxing Yao
Individual · Chinese · DOB 06/1998 · age 28
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28940 — SIC 28940

Registered office

167-169 Great Portland Stree 5th Floor,
London
W1W 5PF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

UK COMPANY MADE SERVICE LTD
corporate-secretary · appointed 2023-08-07
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Active
YAO, Wenxing
director · ~28y · appointed 2023-08-07
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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-07