AKUKORKU LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15680661 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-25
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Human resources provision and management of human resources functions
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
85
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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-30
Average employees0

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-20
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-05-20
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-17
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-10-17
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2025-10-16
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2025-10-16
    📄
    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  7. 2025-07-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-04-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AKUKORKU LTD
  9. 2024-04-25
    DZINADO, Winfred Yaotes appointed
    director
  10. 2024-04-25
    NORTHCOTT, Louise Catherine appointed
    director
  11. 2024-04-25
    📄
    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 2.2 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Louise Catherine Northcott
Individual · British · DOB 06/1974 · age 52
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control25/04/2024
Mr Winfred Yaotes Dzinado
Individual · Ghanaian · DOB 05/1981 · age 45
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/09/2025

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
Incorporated2024-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78300 — Human resources provision and management of human resources functions

Registered office

136 Highgate
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 4HW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-08
Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DZINADO, Winfred Yaotes
director · ~45y · appointed 2024-04-25
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Active
NORTHCOTT, Louise Catherine
director · ~52y · appointed 2024-04-25
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-17
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-10-17
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-10-16
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-25