A BUNCH OF NUMBERS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
15072341 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-15
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 2024
Net worth
£-4.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)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
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
15 filings on record
85
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 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,537
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£5k
Current Assets
£29k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £-3.3k |
| Current assets | £28.7k |
| Net assets | £-4.5k |
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
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-09-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-15🏢Company incorporatedAs A BUNCH OF NUMBERS LTD
- 2023-08-15➕TAYLOR, Joshua Wei appointeddirector
- 2023-08-15➕TAYLOR, Robert Leslie appointeddirector
- 2023-08-15📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
79/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Joshua Wei Taylor Individual · British · DOB 04/2006 · age 20 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 15/08/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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7 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
Incorporated2023-08-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26200 — SIC 26200
Registered office
Annecy Court, Ferry Works
Summer Road
Thames Ditton
Surrey
KT7 0QJ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last: 2025-08-14
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
TAYLOR, Joshua Wei→
Activedirector · ~20y · appointed 2023-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TAYLOR, Robert Leslie→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2023-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (15 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-15