ADMIRAL TRADING INVESTMENT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15134452 · ltd · incorporated 2023-09-12
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of investment trusts
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 64921Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and other specialist consumer credit grantors
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 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.

Key financials

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

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-24
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-09-23
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-09-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-08-12
    📍
    default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
    address · RP09
  6. 2025-08-12
    📍
    default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
    address · RP05
  7. 2025-06-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADMIRAL TRADING INVESTMENT LTD
  9. 2023-09-12
    BENCZE, Laszlo-Zsolt appointed
    director
  10. 2023-09-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Laszlo-Zsolt Bencze
Individual · Romanian · DOB 10/1979 · age 47
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/09/2023

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
Incorporated2023-09-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64301 — Activities of investment trusts

Registered office

No 5, The Round House
Dormans Park Road
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 2EN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BENCZE, Laszlo-Zsolt
director · ~47y · appointed 2023-09-12
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Recent filings (10 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-09
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-09-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-09-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2025-08-12
default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
address · RP05
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-09-12