5 VILLAGES GROUP LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15093507 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-24
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.12M
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -79% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,116,733
Cash draining
Cash down 79% YoY
Cash YoY
-79%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£185k
↓ 79% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£772k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£233k£467k£700k£933k£1.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.34M£1.22M
Current assets£772.0k£1.17M
Cash£185.4k£883.6k
Debtors£507.7k£184.5k
Net assets£1.12M£880.2k

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 (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-10-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-07-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-06
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-08-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 5 VILLAGES GROUP LTD
  7. 2023-08-24
    IRO, Donald Obinna appointed
    director
  8. 2023-08-24
    IRO, Hanna appointed
    director
  9. 2023-08-24
    📄
    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 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Donald Obinna Iro
Individual · British · DOB 10/1982 · age 44
5075%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/08/2023
Mrs Hanna Iro
Individual · British · DOB 07/1982 · age 44
5075%
25–50%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting24/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Merchants House High Street
Bishops Waltham
Southampton
SO32 1AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-04
Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

IRO, Donald Obinna
director · ~44y · appointed 2023-08-24
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Active
IRO, Hanna
director · ~44y · appointed 2023-08-24
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-06-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-24