1ST WHOLESALE LTD

🌳Matureactive

07998471 · ltd · incorporated 2012-03-20

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£100

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £100

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£100

~ YoY

Net Worth

£100

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£100	£100
Cash	£100	£100
Net assets	£100	£100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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YAHYA, Shagufta resigned
director
2026-03-25
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officers · TM01
2025-12-04
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2024-08-16
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2023-10-18
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accounts · AA
2022-05-31
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accounts · AA
2021-11-24
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accounts · AA
2020-08-20
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accounts · AA
2019-09-30
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accounts · AA
2019-01-16
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officers · CH01
2018-12-10
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accounts · AA
2018-10-23
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2018-10-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2017-12-12
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accounts · AA
2016-08-30
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accounts · AA
2016-03-23
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2012-04-11
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YAHYA, Shagufta appointed
director
2012-03-20
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Company incorporated
As 1ST WHOLESALE LTD
2012-03-20
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WAHEED, Abdul appointed
director
2012-03-20
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YAHYA, Mohammed appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Abdul Waheed Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mohammed Yahya Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2012-03-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

33 Broughton Street

Cheetham Hill

Manchester

Lancashire

M8 8LZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-03

Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

WAHEED, Abdul→

director · ~55y · appointed 2012-03-20

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Active

YAHYA, Mohammed→

director · ~69y · appointed 2012-03-20

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Active

YAHYA, Shagufta→

director · ~64y · appointed 2012-04-11 · resigned 2026-03-25

Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-01

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officers · TM01

2026-03-25