PLANET TRADING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03860244 · ltd · incorporated 1999-10-15
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 (77/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 1 with DOB)
73
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
73 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.

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£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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 address
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-13
    ➖
    MAJOR, Karin Patricia resigned
    secretary
  7. 2022-10-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-10-24
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  15. 2016-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-07-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2008-06-16
    ➖
    TWYMAN, Sam Patrick resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-10-15
    ➕
    MAJOR, Karin Patricia appointed
    secretary
  19. 2001-11-01
    ➕
    TWYMAN, Sam Patrick appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-10-30
    ➖
    LESTER, Clare Veronica Mary resigned
    secretary
  21. 1999-10-21
    ➕
    WANLESS, Mary Elizabeth appointed
    director
  22. 1999-10-21
    ➕
    LESTER, Clare Veronica Mary appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-10-21
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-10-21
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1999-10-15
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    Company incorporated
    As PLANET TRADING LIMITED
  26. 1999-10-15
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1999-10-15
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS 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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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 27 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Mary Elizabeth Wanless
Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

1 Burtons Bank
Church Westcote
Chipping Norton
OX7 6SE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

WANLESS, Mary Elizabeth→
director · ~73y · appointed 1999-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LESTER, Clare Veronica Mary→
secretary · appointed 1999-10-21 · resigned 2001-10-30
Resigned
MAJOR, Karin Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-15 · resigned 2022-10-13
Resigned
TWYMAN, Sam Patrick→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-01 · resigned 2008-06-16
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-10-15 · resigned 1999-10-21
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-10-15 · resigned 1999-10-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-27