ELICIT RESEARCH & ANALYTICS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC757955 · ltd · incorporated 2023-02-07
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
—
year to Feb 2026
Net worth
£48.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 62020Information technology consultancy activities
- 63110Data processing, hosting and related activities
- 73200Market research and public opinion polling
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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, 4 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 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
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £48,457
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£48k
↑ 196% YoY
Current Assets
£220k
↑ 843% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2026-02-28 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £222.5k | £23.4k |
| Current assets | £220.4k | £23.4k |
| Net assets | £48.5k | £16.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ELICIT RESEARCH & ANALYTICS LTD
- 2023-02-07➕GUPTA, Sumit appointeddirector
- 2023-02-07➕KATHURIA, Ankit appointeddirector
- 2023-02-07➕MITRA, Avick appointeddirector
- 2023-02-07➕SRIVASTAVA, Vikrum appointeddirector
- 2023-02-07📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
40/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Vikrum Srivastava Individual · Indian · DOB 01/1988 · age 38 | — | — | board controlboard control | 07/02/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-02-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development
Registered office
5 South Charlotte Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4AN
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
GUPTA, Sumit→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2023-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KATHURIA, Ankit→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2023-02-07
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MITRA, Avick→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2023-02-07
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SRIVASTAVA, Vikrum→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2023-02-07
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Recent filings (12 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-02-07