AB INDUSTRIAL TRADING LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

10510240 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-05

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46140

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 75). 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

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Average employees	200	200

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-04
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-04
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-05
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Company incorporated
As AB INDUSTRIAL TRADING LTD
2016-12-05
➕
SAUNDERS, Aileen Jane appointed
director
2016-12-05
➕
SAUNDERS, Christopher Kevin appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher Kevin Saunders Individual · British · DOB 08/1951 · age 75	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	05/12/2016
Mrs Aileen Jane Saunders Individual · British · DOB 09/1952 · age 74	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	05/12/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-12-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140

Registered office

Unit 9a Bingham Park Potten End Hill

Water End

Hemel Hempstead

HP1 3BN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-18

Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SAUNDERS, Aileen Jane→

director · ~74y · appointed 2016-12-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SAUNDERS, Christopher Kevin→

director · ~75y · appointed 2016-12-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

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

Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-05-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-04

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

officers · CH01

2025-12-04

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-12-04

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-12-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-11-24

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2025-02-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-09-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-09-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-09-01