9T9 TRADING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03703651 · ltd · incorporated 1999-01-28
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£12.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68310Real estate agencies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £12,678
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 9.4% YoY
Net Worth
£13k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£7k£11k£15k£18kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£13.6k£16.0k
Current assets£18.0k£18.2k
Cash£1.5k£1.7k
Debtors£16.5k£16.5k
Net assets£12.7k£11.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-04
    ➖
    PATEL, Heena resigned
    secretary
  4. 2024-10-04
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2021-03-12
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  11. 2020-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-02-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-06-18
    ➖
    FITZPATRICK, Olivia resigned
    secretary
  18. 2003-06-18
    ➖
    FITZPATRICK, Matthew John resigned
    director
  19. 2003-06-17
    ➕
    PATEL, Aruna appointed
    director
  20. 2003-06-17
    ➕
    PATEL, Heena appointed
    secretary
  21. 1999-06-24
    ➕
    FITZPATRICK, Olivia appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-06-24
    ➖
    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-06-24
    ➕
    FITZPATRICK, Matthew John appointed
    director
  24. 1999-06-24
    ➖
    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1999-01-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 9T9 TRADING LIMITED
  26. 1999-01-28
    ➕
    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1999-01-28
    ➕
    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Aruna Patel
Individual · British · DOB 11/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/02/2020

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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-01-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

2 Hazelcroft Close
Uxbridge
UB10 9LR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last: 2025-08-19

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

PATEL, Aruna→
director · ~76y · appointed 2003-06-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FITZPATRICK, Olivia→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-24 · resigned 2003-06-18
Resigned
PATEL, Heena→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-17 · resigned 2024-10-04
Resigned
L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-01-28 · resigned 1999-06-24
Resigned
FITZPATRICK, Matthew John→
director · ~81y · appointed 1999-06-24 · resigned 2003-06-18
Resigned
L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-01-28 · resigned 1999-06-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-13
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-03-12