ANNABELLE & CO UK LTD

🌱Startupactive
16768680 · ltd · incorporated 2025-10-07
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
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46480SIC 46480
  • 47190Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
  • 47770SIC 47770
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 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
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2026-04-24
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-04-24
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-04-18
    YANG, Zhijun appointed
    director
  5. 2025-10-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANNABELLE & CO UK LTD
  6. 2025-10-07
    LONGWORTH, Craig Robert appointed
    director
  7. 2025-10-07
    📄
    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 0.8 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 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2026-04-30: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Zhijun Yang
Individual · Chinese · DOB 08/1978 · age 48
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/10/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Craig Robert Longworthceased 18/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2025-10-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Registered office

20 Carville Grove
Hindley Green
Wigan
WN2 4NN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-07
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-08
Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LONGWORTH, Craig Robert
director · ~49y · appointed 2025-10-07
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YANG, Zhijun
director · ~48y · appointed 2026-04-18
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Recent filings (5 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-10-07