ABMS TRADING LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
14586088 · ltd · incorporated 2023-01-11
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
£-34.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £34,721
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£251
Net Worth
-£35k
Current Assets
£19k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £-34.7k |
| Current assets | £19.1k |
| Cash | £251 |
| Debtors | £2.2k |
| Net assets | £-34.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-13📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-12-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-10-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ABMS TRADING LIMITED
- 2023-01-11➕BUCKLE, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2023-01-11➕SHAH, Mehul appointeddirector
- 2023-01-11📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Mehul Shah Individual · British · DOB 05/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 11/01/2023 |
Mr Andrew Buckle Individual · British · DOB 08/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 11/01/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-01-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
Artisans' House
7 Queensbridge
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN4 7BF
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BUCKLE, Andrew→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2023-01-11
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Recent filings (14 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-01-11