BRITANNIA TRADING DIRECT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08817367 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-17
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46740
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees00

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.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-14
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-05-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-24
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-05-24
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-05-17
    AHMED, Arun resigned
    director
  8. 2024-05-07
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2023-12-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-06-08
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-10-31
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-10-31
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-04-01
    AHMED, Bashir resigned
    director
  19. 2016-12-26
    AHMED, Bashir appointed
    director
  20. 2013-12-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRITANNIA TRADING DIRECT LIMITED
  21. 2013-12-17
    KHAN, Waseem appointed
    director
  22. 2013-12-17
    AHMED, Arun appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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.)
🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Wholesale & distribution · BB postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
B & W PLANT HIRE AND SALES LIMITED
04086465 · est 2000 · no financials extracted
25y
BRITANNIA MULTI-GOODS LTD
16922246 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
BROGINI BRANDS LIMITED
05102373 · est 2004 · no financials extracted
22y
BRONTE HERITAGE COLLECTION LIMITED
12984719 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
BULKMART LTD
16345272 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
BURNLEY PLUMBING LIMITED
11453244 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
BURNLEY SCRAP CHAP LTD
16956414 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
BURNLEY STONE & SLATE LTD
03343021 · est 1997 · no financials extracted
29y
BURNLEY STONE LIMITED
11435714 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS LTD
07574458 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
15y
BUTTERFLY FOODS AND PACKAGING LTD
11828623 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
7y
BUTTERWORTH SPORTS LIMITED
07970228 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
14y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-12-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46740 — SIC 46740

Registered office

Vernon House
Vernon Street
Blackburn
BB2 2AX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last: 2025-12-12

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

KHAN, Waseem
director · ~41y · appointed 2013-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AHMED, Arun
director · ~41y · appointed 2013-12-17 · resigned 2024-05-17
Resigned
AHMED, Bashir
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-12-26 · resigned 2018-04-01
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30