A1X TRADING LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16338015 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-24
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
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fund management activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
11 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-11-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-05-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-04-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2025-04-01
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-03-26
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  9. 2025-03-26
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  10. 2025-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As A1X TRADING LIMITED
  11. 2025-03-24
    BIRD & BIRD COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  12. 2025-03-24
    TOWNSLEY, Oscar Daniel James Heathrow appointed
    director
  13. 2025-03-24
    📄
    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 1.2 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 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
Oscar Daniel James Heathrow Townsley
Individual · British · DOB 08/1991 · age 35
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/03/2025

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
Incorporated2025-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities

Registered office

75 Grosvenor Street
London
Greater London
W1K 3JS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BIRD & BIRD COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2025-03-24
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Active
TOWNSLEY, Oscar Daniel James Heathrow
director · ~35y · appointed 2025-03-24
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-01
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2025-03-26
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2025-03-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-24