3 CARTERS TRADING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13821142 · ltd · incorporated 2021-12-29
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees100100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-18
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-04-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-04-14
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-09-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-28
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2023-03-21
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2021-12-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3 CARTERS TRADING LTD
  10. 2021-12-29
    CARTER, Joshua Harold appointed
    director
  11. 2021-12-29
    CARTER, Nicholas Ian appointed
    director
  12. 2021-12-29
    CARTER, Todd Nicholas, Nr appointed
    director
  13. 2021-12-29
    📄
    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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CARTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-01-11

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas Ian Carter
Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/12/2021
Mr Joshua Harold Carter
Individual · British · DOB 10/1995 · age 31
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/12/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Nr Todd Nicholas Carterceased 01/12/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2021-12-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

Lyncroft Bristol Road
Frenchay
Bristol
BS16 1LQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-01-11OVERDUE
Last: 2024-12-28

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CARTER, Joshua Harold
director · ~31y · appointed 2021-12-29
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Active
CARTER, Nicholas Ian
director · ~56y · appointed 2021-12-29
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Active
CARTER, Todd Nicholas, Nr
director · ~27y · appointed 2021-12-29
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-04-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-25
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-03-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-12-29