ABDI TRADE LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15592923 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-25
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 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
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
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth 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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
64
Some moderate concerns — review 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
Metric2025-08-31

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
1
filing
  • 1 dissolution
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 dissolution
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 dissolution
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-20
    📄
    dissolution-voluntary-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · SOAS(A)
  2. 2026-04-07
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  3. 2026-03-26
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  4. 2026-03-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-10-01
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2025-09-24
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-06-21
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2025-06-17
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2024-11-28
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2024-03-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABDI TRADE LIMITED
  11. 2024-03-25
    ABDI, Milad Mohammed appointed
    director
  12. 2024-03-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ABDI" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 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 high · 1 low
Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-07

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 Milad Mohammed Abdi
Individual · Iranian · DOB 06/1999 · age 27
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/03/2024

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
Incorporated2024-03-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

5 Market Street
Heywood
OL10 1HT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-07OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

ABDI, Milad Mohammed
director · ~27y · appointed 2024-03-25
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Recent filings (11 total)

dissolution-voluntary-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · SOAS(A)
2026-05-20
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-07
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-10-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-24
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-06-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-25