68UK (INVESTCO) LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16107405 · ltd · incorporated 2024-11-28
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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 (58/100)

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
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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
4 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
1
filing
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2024-12-19
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2024-12-05
    ADEGOKE, Adedotun Ademola resigned
    director
  4. 2024-11-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 68UK (INVESTCO) LIMITED
  5. 2024-11-28
    DICK, Alastair Peter Orford appointed
    director
  6. 2024-11-28
    ADEGOKE, Adedotun Ademola appointed
    director
  7. 2024-11-28
    📄
    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 1.5 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.)

Group structure

Frasers Group Trading Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Frasers Group Trading Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
68UK (INVESTCO) LIMITED
This company · 16107405

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Frasers Group Trading Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest28/11/2024

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Retail · NG postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
1ST FIFTYFIVE UK LTD
16358885 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
68 MOBILE SOLUTION LTD
14554997 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
A B C FLOORING LTD.
03761414 · est 1999 · no financials extracted
26y
A.C.P. (ACOUSTICS) LIMITED
01467116 · est 1979 · no financials extracted
46y
A2NSTORE LTD
16202054 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
AATHIRA LIMITED
13525454 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
4y
AB BIZ GROWTH LTD
16271032 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
ABBIE TRADING LTD
16486760 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ABBY FOOD STORE LTD
16806238 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ABC GAME STORE LTD
11580950 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
ABREKS LTD
16763625 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ABSOLUTE COFFEE LTD
15301178 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-11-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

Unit A
Brook Park East
Shirebrook
NG20 8RY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

DICK, Alastair Peter Orford
director · ~43y · appointed 2024-11-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADEGOKE, Adedotun Ademola
director · ~53y · appointed 2024-11-28 · resigned 2024-12-05
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (4 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-11-28