010 LONDON LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16157673 · ltd · incorporated 2024-12-31
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
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-04
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-03-04
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-03-04
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-03-04
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-02-18
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2025-02-01
    ANSARI, Wadud appointed
    director
  7. 2025-02-01
    ISLAM, Md Shaiful resigned
    director
  8. 2024-12-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 010 LONDON LIMITED
  9. 2024-12-31
    ISLAM, Md Shaiful appointed
    director
  10. 2024-12-31
    📄
    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 1.3 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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-02-18: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Wadud Ansari
Individual · French · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
board controlboard control · firm interest01/02/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Md Shaiful Islamceased 01/02/2025· 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
Incorporated2024-12-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Suite 4 1st Floor
214 Whitechapel Road
London
E1 1BJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

ANSARI, Wadud
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-02-01
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Active
ISLAM, Md Shaiful
director · ~45y · appointed 2024-12-31 · resigned 2025-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-04
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-02-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-12-31