CUPIMATCH LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
NI731312 · ltd · incorporated 2025-07-11
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
65/100
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 65/100 (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 (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
65/100Strong
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
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • 4 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
    📍
    default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
    address · RP09
  2. 2026-03-03
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-02-26
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-12-30
    LIU, Shangda appointed
    director
  5. 2025-12-30
    HUANG, Ning resigned
    director
  6. 2025-12-30
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-12-30
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-12-30
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-12-30
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2025-10-27
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  11. 2025-08-01
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  12. 2025-07-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CUPIMATCH LIMITED
  13. 2025-07-11
    HOPEWELL, Gemma Louise appointed
    director
  14. 2025-07-11
    HOPEWELL, Gemma Louise resigned
    director
  15. 2025-07-11
    HUANG, Ning appointed
    director
  16. 2025-07-11
    📄
    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 0.9 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

2 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: HOPEWELL, Gemma Louise resigned 2025-07-11; HUANG, Ning resigned 2025-12-30

Name changed 2 times
medium

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

Evidence: 2025-10-27: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-08-01: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Shangda Liu
Individual · Chinese · DOB 10/1989 · age 37
sig. influencesignificant influence30/12/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Ning Huangceased 30/12/2025· 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
Incorporated2025-07-11
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Suite 9146 Moat House
54 Bloomfield Avenue
Belfast
BT5 5AD
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-13
Last: 2025-12-30

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

LIU, Shangda
director · ~37y · appointed 2025-12-30
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Active
HOPEWELL, Gemma Louise
director · ~40y · appointed 2025-07-11 · resigned 2025-07-11
Resigned
HUANG, Ning
director · ~52y · appointed 2025-07-11 · resigned 2025-12-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2026-04-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-30
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-10-27
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-08-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-07-11