INKERMAN TRADING LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12636170 · ltd · incorporated 2020-05-30
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 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of textiles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47820SIC 47820
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (66/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-23
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2023-08-22
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As INKERMAN TRADING LIMITED
  10. 2020-05-30
    DOWNING, James Bedford appointed
    director
  11. 2020-05-30
    DOWNING, Thomas Osborne appointed
    director
  12. 2020-05-30
    PRITCHARD, William Robin David appointed
    director
  13. 2020-05-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-05-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46410 — Wholesale of textiles

Registered office

2 Inkerman Terrace
London
W8 6QX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-12
Last: 2025-05-29

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DOWNING, James Bedford
director · ~72y · appointed 2020-05-30
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Active
DOWNING, Thomas Osborne
director · ~37y · appointed 2020-05-30
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Active
PRITCHARD, William Robin David
director · ~36y · appointed 2020-05-30
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Active

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Recent filings (14 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-08-23
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-05-30