ATRAD SALES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09612842 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-28

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

£165.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

37 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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 £165,171

Cash YoY

-21%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£39k

↓ 21% YoY

Net Worth

£165k

↑ 147% YoY

Current Assets

£360k

↑ 16% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£176.5k	£90.9k
Current assets	£359.8k	£309.9k
Cash	£39.4k	£50.0k
Debtors	£280.1k	£225.3k
Net assets	£165.2k	£67.0k

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

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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

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-06-08
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officers · CH01
2026-06-08
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officers · CH01
2026-05-28
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officers · AP01
2026-01-01
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TOMKINSON, Amanda Jayne appointed
director
2025-12-30
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accounts · AA
2024-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-11-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-11-09
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officers · TM01
2018-11-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-11-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-09-01
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TOMKINSON, Andrew Lee resigned
director
2018-08-01
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capital · SH01
2018-08-01
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capital · SH01
2018-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-05-29
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TOMKINSON, Mark Andrew appointed
director
2015-11-01
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TOMKINSON, Andrew Lee appointed
director
2015-11-01
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TOMKINSON, Liam Jamie resigned
director
2015-05-28
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Company incorporated
As ATRAD SALES LIMITED
2015-05-28
➕
TOMKINSON, Liam Jamie appointed
director

Owner dependency

81/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — TOMKINSON, Amanda Jayne (same surname) appointed 2026-01-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Andrew Tomkinson Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	27/09/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Andrew Lee Tomkinsonceased 27/09/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2015-05-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Barclays Bank Chambers

Market Street

Hebden Bridge

West Yorkshire

HX7 6AD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-11

Last: 2026-05-28

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

TOMKINSON, Amanda Jayne→

director · ~35y · appointed 2026-01-01

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Active

TOMKINSON, Mark Andrew→

director · ~70y · appointed 2017-05-29

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Active

TOMKINSON, Andrew Lee→

director · ~40y · appointed 2015-11-01 · resigned 2018-09-01

Resigned

TOMKINSON, Liam Jamie→

director · ~36y · appointed 2015-05-28 · resigned 2015-11-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-06-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-06-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-06-08

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-05-28