5 LIVE EVENTS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

15288606 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-16

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 Nov 2025

Net worth

£14.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

67/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed technology with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

24 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

67/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £14,506

Cash YoY

+234%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£16k

↑ 234% YoY

Net Worth

£15k

↑ 143% YoY

Current Assets

£17k

↓ 48% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Total assets	—	£6.0k
Current assets	£16.5k	£32.0k
Cash	£15.6k	£4.7k
Debtors	£915	£27.3k
Net assets	£14.5k	£6.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-04-02
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accounts · AA
2025-06-30
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accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-30
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officers · CH01
2025-04-30
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officers · CH01
2025-04-30
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officers · CH01
2025-04-30
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officers · CH01
2025-04-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-10
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officers · AP01
2025-02-06
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COYLE, Andrew Stanley appointed
director
2024-03-15
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SPICER, Graham Edward appointed
director
2024-03-15
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MIGLANI, Rishabh resigned
director
2024-03-15
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officers · AP01
2024-03-15
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officers · TM01
2024-02-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-01-25
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capital · SH01
2024-01-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-01-16
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officers · TM01
2024-01-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-15
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SPICER, Graham Edward resigned
director
2023-12-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-11
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officers · AP01
2023-12-11
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officers · AP01
2023-12-11
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officers · AP01
2023-12-01
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BOHNET, Andrew John appointed
director
2023-12-01
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COOK, Anthony Colin appointed
director
2023-12-01
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HOWARD, Jason Elliot appointed
director
2023-12-01
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MIGLANI, Rishabh appointed
director
2023-11-16
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Company incorporated
As 5 LIVE EVENTS LIMITED
2023-11-16
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SPICER, Graham Edward appointed
director
2023-11-16
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

60/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Young company: Only 2.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-11

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Anthony Colin Cook Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	05/02/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Graham Edward Spicerceased 15/01/2024· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2023-11-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

144 Mackie Avenue

Brighton

East Sussex

BN1 8SB

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-04-11OVERDUE

Last: 2025-03-28