3S TRADING LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16243583 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-11
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47640
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47820SIC 47820
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 change-of-name
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-03-25
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2026-03-13
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2026-03-12
    MANHAS, Sandeep appointed
    director
  5. 2026-03-12
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-02-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3S TRADING LIMITED
  7. 2025-02-11
    PANDA, Sumit Kumar appointed
    director
  8. 2025-02-11
    SIDDIQUI, Shadab appointed
    director
  9. 2025-02-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-03-13: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Pinnacle Holdings (Nw) Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Pinnacle Holdings (Nw) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
3S TRADING LIMITED
This company · 16243583

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sandeep Manhas
Individual · British · DOB 08/1981 · age 45
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control19/03/2026
Pinnacle Holdings (Nw) Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control11/02/2025

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
Incorporated2025-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47640 — SIC 47640

Registered office

Grafton House
81 Chorley Old Road
Bolton
Lancashire
BL1 3AJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-08
Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MANHAS, Sandeep
director · ~45y · appointed 2026-03-12
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Active
PANDA, Sumit Kumar
director · ~47y · appointed 2025-02-11
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Active
SIDDIQUI, Shadab
director · ~47y · appointed 2025-02-11
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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-03-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-02-11