APPVEN LTD

🌱Startupactive
16410011 · ltd · incorporated 2025-04-25
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
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (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 (56/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-04-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-08-13
    TANG, Yi appointed
    director
  4. 2025-08-13
    DONG, Shiling resigned
    director
  5. 2025-08-13
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-08-13
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-08-13
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2025-08-13
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-04-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APPVEN LTD
  10. 2025-04-25
    DONG, Shiling appointed
    director
  11. 2025-04-25
    📄
    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 1.2 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Yi Tang
Individual · Chinese · DOB 03/1986 · age 40
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/08/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Shiling Dongceased 13/08/2025· 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
Incorporated2025-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Registered office

Unit 904 Ground Floor Capital House
61 Amhurst Road
London
E8 1LL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-08
Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

TANG, Yi
director · ~40y · appointed 2025-08-13
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Active
DONG, Shiling
director · ~51y · appointed 2025-04-25 · resigned 2025-08-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-04-25