BLACK HABIT LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15324985 · ltd · incorporated 2023-12-03
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 14190
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
  • 74100Specialised design activities
  • 85590Other education n.e.c.
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 (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
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

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

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-03
    CAPRON, Gabreann resigned
    director
  2. 2025-11-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-11-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-08-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-06-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-06-19
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2025-06-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-05-29
    CAPRON, Gabreann appointed
    director
  9. 2025-05-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-12-04
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-12-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLACK HABIT LIMITED
  12. 2023-12-03
    AGBO, Emmanuel Awuru appointed
    director
  13. 2023-12-03
    📄
    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 2.6 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 Emmanuel Awuru Agbo
Individual · Nigerian · DOB 05/1991 · age 35
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/12/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Gabreann Capronceased 03/11/2025· 25-50% shares · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest

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
Incorporated2023-12-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC14190 — SIC 14190

Registered office

Unit 42 Basepoint Metcalf Way
Crawley
West Sussex
RH11 7XX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

AGBO, Emmanuel Awuru
director · ~35y · appointed 2023-12-03
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Active
CAPRON, Gabreann
director · ~31y · appointed 2025-05-29 · resigned 2025-11-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-12-03