WELLINGTON TRADING UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02726243 · ltd · incorporated 1992-06-25
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 30.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: 1 insolvency-related filing on record. Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 30.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
120 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
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£140k£280k£420k£560k£700kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets—£700.2k
Current assets—£451.5k
Cash—£432.2k
Debtors—£19.3k
Net assets—£700.2k
Average employees8—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-30
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2024-04-30
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2024-04-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2024-04-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2024-04-20
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    Charge satisfied #3
  9. 2024-04-20
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    Charge satisfied #2
  10. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-10-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-06-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-08-19
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    capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
    capital · SH19
  17. 2020-07-27
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    legacy
    capital · SH20
  18. 2020-07-27
    ⚠️
    legacy
    insolvency · CAP-SS
  19. 2020-07-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  20. 2020-07-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2020-07-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2020-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-06-18
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    COLEMAN, Patricia resigned
    director
  24. 2014-03-25
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  25. 2014-03-25
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  26. 2013-12-01
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    COLEMAN, Adam appointed
    director
  27. 2013-12-01
    ➕
    COLEMAN, Joshua appointed
    director
  28. 2013-12-01
    ➕
    COLEMAN, Patricia appointed
    director
  29. 2008-09-23
    ➖
    COLEMAN, Rita Lesley resigned
    secretary
  30. 2000-06-01
    ➖
    LYNN, John resigned
    director
  31. 1999-03-01
    ➕
    COLEMAN, Ralph appointed
    director
  32. 1999-03-01
    ➖
    TIDMARSH, Margaret Mary resigned
    director
  33. 1996-02-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  34. 1994-07-01
    ➕
    LYNN, John appointed
    director
  35. 1994-02-14
    ➖
    BARRET, Hilary Francis Nigel resigned
    director
  36. 1994-02-14
    ➕
    TIDMARSH, Margaret Mary appointed
    director
  37. 1993-06-01
    ➕
    BARRET, Hilary Francis Nigel appointed
    director
  38. 1993-05-15
    ➖
    THOMPSON, Paul Adrian resigned
    director
  39. 1992-06-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WELLINGTON TRADING UK LIMITED
  40. 1992-06-25
    ➕
    COLEMAN, Rita Lesley appointed
    secretary
  41. 1992-06-25
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 1992-06-25
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  43. 1992-06-25
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Paul Adrian appointed
    director
  44. 1992-06-25
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  45. 1992-06-25
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med ·
1 insolvency-related filing on record
high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2020-07-27: legacy

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ralph Coleman
Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control20/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-06-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities

Registered office

2 High Street
Burnham On Crouch
Essex
CM0 8AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-03
Last: 2025-06-19

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

COLEMAN, Adam→
director · ~37y · appointed 2013-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLEMAN, Joshua→
director · ~34y · appointed 2013-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLEMAN, Ralph→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLEMAN, Rita Lesley→
secretary · appointed 1992-06-25 · resigned 2008-09-23
Resigned
PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-06-25 · resigned 1992-06-25
Resigned
BARRET, Hilary Francis Nigel→
director · ~81y · appointed 1993-06-01 · resigned 1994-02-14
Resigned
COLEMAN, Patricia→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-12-01 · resigned 2019-06-18
Resigned
LYNN, John→
director · ~80y · appointed 1994-07-01 · resigned 2000-06-01
Resigned
THOMPSON, Paul Adrian→
director · ~71y · appointed 1992-06-25 · resigned 1993-05-15
Resigned
TIDMARSH, Margaret Mary→
director · ~79y · appointed 1994-02-14 · resigned 1999-03-01
Resigned
PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-06-25 · resigned 1992-06-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property25/03/201420/04/2024
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property25/03/201420/04/2024
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Single debenture1 property26/02/199630/04/2024

Recent filings (120 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-04-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-04-20
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25