AUGUST BRATSTROM PLANET LTD

🌱Startupactive
16615172 · ltd · incorporated 2025-07-30
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
66/100
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
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 66/100 (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: 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
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
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-11-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-11-04
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  4. 2025-11-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-11-04
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-11-04
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-11-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2025-11-04
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2025-11-03
    BRATSTROM, August Hugo appointed
    secretary
  10. 2025-11-03
    BRATSTROM, August Hugo appointed
    director
  11. 2025-11-03
    JOHN, Ceri Richard resigned
    director
  12. 2025-07-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUGUST BRATSTROM PLANET LTD
  13. 2025-07-30
    JOHN, Ceri Richard appointed
    director
  14. 2025-07-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRATSTROM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Young company: Only 1.0 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 med · 1 low
Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2025-11-04: certificate-change-of-name-company

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
Mr August Hugo Bratstrom
Individual · Dutch · DOB 01/1982 · age 44
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/11/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ceri Richard Johnceased 03/11/2025· 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
Incorporated2025-07-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Unit 2 Falcon Gate
Shire Park
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 1TW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BRATSTROM, August Hugo
secretary · appointed 2025-11-03
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Active
BRATSTROM, August Hugo
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-11-03
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Active
JOHN, Ceri Richard
director · ~71y · appointed 2025-07-30 · resigned 2025-11-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (10 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-04
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-11-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-04
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-11-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-07-30