PDSA TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01595637 · ltd · incorporated 1981-11-04

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 14.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

66190Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
92000Gambling and betting activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.8y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 14.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (50/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

50 officers (5 active, 50 linked, 41 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

201 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (113 events)Click to expand

2026-04-08
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2026-04-08
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officers · AP01
2026-04-08
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officers · TM01
2026-03-30
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COGSWELL, Rebecca Jane appointed
director
2026-03-30
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KRISTEL, Sander appointed
director
2026-03-30
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HUGHES, Lloyd resigned
director
2025-09-04
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accounts · AA
2025-08-04
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officers · CH03
2025-08-01
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officers · AP03
2025-08-01
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officers · TM02
2025-07-24
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MACKINNON, Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2025-07-24
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VAN DER PLANK, Kate resigned
secretary
2024-09-20
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accounts · AA
2024-06-28
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officers · TM01
2024-06-21
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HOOKER, Richard Keith resigned
director
2024-01-09
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officers · AP03
2024-01-04
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VAN DER PLANK, Kate appointed
secretary
2023-09-25
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accounts · AA
2023-07-12
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officers · AP01
2023-07-06
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officers · TM01
2023-07-01
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HOOKER, Richard Keith appointed
director
2023-06-30
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O'REILLY, Emma Jayne resigned
director
2023-05-02
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officers · TM01
2023-04-19
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ROWCLIFFE, Claire resigned
director
2022-11-14
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officers · AP01
2022-10-31
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HAMMOND, David Peter James appointed
director
2022-09-07
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accounts · AA
2022-08-01
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EATON, Russell Stuart resigned
secretary
2022-08-01
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WILLETTS, Andrew John resigned
director
2022-08-01
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-08-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-21
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2021-12-20
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2021-12-14
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ROWCLIFFE, Claire appointed
director
2021-12-14
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SPENCER, Nigel Roy resigned
director
2021-04-01
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HUGHES, Lloyd appointed
director
2020-07-03
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-05-11
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SPENCER, Nigel Roy appointed
director
2020-04-27
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SPINDLER, Annette Monique Lara resigned
director
2020-03-02
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O'REILLY, Emma Jayne appointed
director
2019-12-23
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IRWIN, Darren Lee resigned
director
2019-01-17
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WILLETTS, Andrew John appointed
director
2018-12-31
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PELL, Michael Anthony resigned
director
2018-11-01
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SPINDLER, Annette Monique Lara appointed
director
2018-02-13
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HAVENHAND, Paul Raymond resigned
director
2018-02-01
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HAVENHAND, Paul Raymond appointed
director
2016-08-05
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RENNARD, Lindsey Helen resigned
director
2016-06-16
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IRWIN, Darren Lee appointed
director
2016-04-29
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KLETTE, Philip Franklyn resigned
director
2016-02-15
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RENNARD, Lindsey Helen appointed
director

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Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some 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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1981-11-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

Whitechapel Way

Priorslee

Telford

Shropshire

TF2 9PQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-29

Last: 2025-10-15