JORAN TRADING LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12737282 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-13
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
16 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

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees22

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-05-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-05-15
    ➕
    CAPT, Michel appointed
    director
  8. 2023-05-15
    ➖
    DURUSSEL, Christian resigned
    director
  9. 2022-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-07-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-02-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2020-12-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-11-24
    ➕
    ASHKEN, Richard Laurence appointed
    director
  14. 2020-07-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JORAN TRADING LTD
  15. 2020-07-13
    ➕
    FIDES FINANCE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  16. 2020-07-13
    ➕
    FIDES MANAGING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  17. 2020-07-13
    ➕
    DURUSSEL, Christian appointed
    director
  18. 2020-07-13
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Samir Wazni
Individual · Senegalese · DOB 12/1974 · age 52
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/07/2020

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-07-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46499 — Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.

Registered office

4 Victoria Square
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 3TF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

ASHKEN, Richard Laurence→
director · ~74y · appointed 2020-11-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAPT, Michel→
director · ~63y · appointed 2023-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIDES FINANCE LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2020-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIDES MANAGING LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2020-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DURUSSEL, Christian→
director · ~73y · appointed 2020-07-13 · resigned 2023-05-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-02-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-12-14