CHEREHANI LABS UK LTD

🌱Startupactive
16101414 · ltd · incorporated 2024-11-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46460SIC 46460
  • 46610SIC 46610
  • 75000Veterinary activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-08
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-02-01
    OYUKE, James resigned
    director
  4. 2025-11-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-11-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHEREHANI LABS UK LTD
  6. 2024-11-26
    PETE, Luke Ochieng appointed
    secretary
  7. 2024-11-26
    PETE, Luke Ochieng appointed
    director
  8. 2024-11-26
    OYUKE, James appointed
    director
  9. 2024-11-26
    📄
    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 1.6 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Luke Ochieng Pete
Individual · Kenyan · DOB 09/1988 · age 38
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/11/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr James Oyukeceased 01/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2024-11-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

7 Ribbon House
Bath Vale
Congleton
Cheshire
CW12 2HB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

PETE, Luke Ochieng
secretary · appointed 2024-11-26
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Active
PETE, Luke Ochieng
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-11-26
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Active
OYUKE, James
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-11-26 · resigned 2026-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-11-26