5EC GROUP LTD

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16311796 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-12
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
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 23190
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 25120SIC 25120
  • 46150SIC 46150
  • 47520Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
1 filing — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 5EC GROUP LTD
  2. 2025-03-12
    O'KEEFFE, Daniel Michael appointed
    director
  3. 2025-03-12
    STUCHLIK, Andrzej Pawel appointed
    director
  4. 2025-03-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-25

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC23190 — SIC 23190

Registered office

128 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-25OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

O'KEEFFE, Daniel Michael
director · ~38y · appointed 2025-03-12
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STUCHLIK, Andrzej Pawel
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-03-12
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Recent filings (1 total)

incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-12