BETTERVEST CROWD LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16135443 · ltd · incorporated 2024-12-13
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: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
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
6 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 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
    📄
    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  2. 2025-09-23
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  3. 2025-09-23
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-09-22
    VISTRA COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  5. 2025-09-22
    TRICOR CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  6. 2025-03-04
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-12-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BETTERVEST CROWD LIMITED
  8. 2024-12-13
    TYLER, Mark Dominic appointed
    director
  9. 2024-12-13
    TRICOR CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  10. 2024-12-13
    📄
    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

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

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Crowdcube Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
BETTERVEST CROWD LIMITED
This company · 16135443

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
Crowdcube Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/12/2024

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
Incorporated2024-12-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

4th Floor, Broadwalk House
Southernhay West
Exeter
EX1 1TS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-13
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last: 2025-12-12

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

VISTRA COSEC LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2025-09-22
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Active
TYLER, Mark Dominic
director · ~47y · appointed 2024-12-13
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Active
TRICOR CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2024-12-13 · resigned 2025-09-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (6 total)

change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-24
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2025-09-23
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-09-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-12-13