DIRECT WORLDWIDE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07001040 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-26
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£3.49M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). 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 (79/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,489,227
Cash YoY
+32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3.7m
↑ 32% YoY
Net Worth
£3.5m
↑ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£5.1m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1.0m£2.0m£3.1m£4.1m£5.1mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£3.49M£2.58M
Current assets£5.12M£4.53M
Cash£3.66M£2.77M
Debtors£1.04M£1.39M
Net assets£3.49M£2.58M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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  2. 2024-09-13
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  3. 2023-09-08
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  4. 2022-10-21
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  5. 2021-09-15
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  6. 2020-10-26
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  7. 2019-09-15
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  8. 2018-08-30
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  9. 2017-09-26
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  10. 2016-08-16
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  11. 2016-06-16
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  12. 2015-09-18
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  13. 2015-07-02
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  14. 2014-09-21
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  15. 2014-06-19
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  16. 2013-03-01
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    RADIA, Terry appointed
    director
  17. 2013-03-01
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    INALER, Mustafa resigned
    director
  18. 2009-09-06
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    BOWERS, Craig Andrew Jonathan resigned
    director
  19. 2009-08-26
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    Company incorporated
    As DIRECT WORLDWIDE LIMITED
  20. 2009-08-26
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    RADIA, Tansukh appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-08-26
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    BOWERS, Craig Andrew Jonathan appointed
    director
  22. 2009-08-26
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    INALER, Mustafa appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

Group structure

Penny Box Llp holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Penny Box Llp
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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DIRECT WORLDWIDE LIMITED
This company · 07001040

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Craig Bowers
Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Penny Box Llp
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-08-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Monksdene
Long Wittenham Road
North Moreton
Oxfordshire
OX11 9AX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

RADIA, Tansukh→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RADIA, Terry→
director · ~67y · appointed 2013-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOWERS, Craig Andrew Jonathan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-08-26 · resigned 2009-09-06
Resigned
INALER, Mustafa→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-08-26 · resigned 2013-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

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2025-08-29
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2024-09-13
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2024-09-03
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2023-09-08
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2023-09-06
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2022-10-21
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2022-09-07
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2021-09-15
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2021-09-01
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2020-10-26
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2020-09-08
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2019-09-15
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2019-09-05
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accounts · AA
2018-08-30