SPROUT TREE LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
NI701313 · ltd · incorporated 2023-09-05
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
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 69/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (78/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£660£1k£2k£3k£3kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-032024-09-03
Total assets—£3.3k
Current assets—£900
Net assets—£3.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  2. 2026-03-13
    📍
    default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
    address · RP05
  3. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-04-05
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2025-04-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-03-25
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2025-02-07
    📍
    default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
    address · RP05
  8. 2024-09-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-09-03
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2024-05-28
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-05-28
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2024-05-24
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2024-05-24
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2024-05-23
    ➕
    WANG, Yanan appointed
    director
  15. 2024-05-22
    ➖
    SIMPSON, Alivia Jody Bobby resigned
    director
  16. 2023-11-06
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Alivia Jody Bobby appointed
    director
  17. 2023-11-05
    ➖
    WANG, Yanan resigned
    director
  18. 2023-09-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2023-09-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SPROUT TREE LIMITED
  20. 2023-09-05
    ➕
    WANG, Yanan appointed
    director
  21. 2023-09-05
    📄
    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 2.7 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
Yanan Wang
Individual · Chinese · DOB 10/1997 · age 29
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/09/2023

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
Incorporated2023-09-05
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

NI701313 - COMPANIES HOUSE DEFAULT ADDRESS
Belfast
BT1 9DY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-03
Last made up to: 2025-09-03
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

WANG, Yanan→
director · ~29y · appointed 2024-05-23
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Active
SIMPSON, Alivia Jody Bobby→
director · ~24y · appointed 2023-11-06 · resigned 2024-05-22
Resigned
WANG, Yanan→
director · ~29y · appointed 2023-09-05 · resigned 2023-11-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (17 total)

gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-21
default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
address · RP05
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-04-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-03
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-03-25
default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
address · RP05
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-24