OWLIO LIMITED

🌱Startupactive

SC823884 · ltd · incorporated 2024-09-25

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.

Why now

Window steady · medium confidence

Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.

· Filings: 5 → 6

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Filings: 5 → 6

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47190Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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 (69/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

6 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30
Average employees	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand

2026-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-25
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Company incorporated
As OWLIO LIMITED
2024-09-25
➕
LI, Yuanbo, Mr. appointed
director
2024-09-25
📄
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 1.8 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

clean

No 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. Yuanbo Li Individual · Chinese · DOB 09/1998 · age 28	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest	25/09/2024

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

Incorporated2024-09-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

5/6 Summerhall Place

Newington

Edinburgh

Midlothian

EH9 1QE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-26

Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

LI, Yuanbo, Mr.→

director · ~28y · appointed 2024-09-25

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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-05-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-17

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-02-20

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-10-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-12

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2024-09-25