1021 CREATIVE PTE UK LTD

🌱Startupactive
15926990 · ltd · incorporated 2024-08-30
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Deal-killer verdict: complicated → workable
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Deal-killer verdict: complicatedworkable
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-11-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-11-14
    MURDOCK, Alison Mead appointed
    director
  4. 2025-11-14
    BARKER, William Joseph resigned
    director
  5. 2025-09-23
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2025-09-23
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-10-07
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2024-08-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1021 CREATIVE PTE UK LTD
  9. 2024-08-30
    BARKER, William Joseph appointed
    director
  10. 2024-08-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 1.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Michael Stuart Miller
Individual · American · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest30/05/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • William Joseph Barkerceased 30/05/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-08-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

55 Baker Street
London
W1U 7EU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MURDOCK, Alison Mead
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-11-14
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Active
BARKER, William Joseph
director · ~52y · appointed 2024-08-30 · resigned 2025-11-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (7 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-23
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-10-07
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-08-30