FREEWORLD TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC156834 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-23
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

9 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 30.8y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
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
97 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-07
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-06-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2019-06-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-06-07
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2018-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-02-07
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    DAS, Ishan Zubin, Director appointed
    director
  14. 2017-02-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-01-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2011-09-16
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    Charge satisfied #8
  18. 2011-04-27
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2010-04-01
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  20. 2010-02-16
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    Charge satisfied #4
  21. 2010-02-12
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    Charge satisfied #5
  22. 2010-01-19
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    Charge satisfied #3
  23. 2009-10-26
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  24. 2009-10-05
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  25. 2008-07-17
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  26. 2008-06-30
    ➖
    COOPER, David Christopher resigned
    director
  27. 2006-11-28
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    KIRIYAMA, Hiroshi appointed
    director
  28. 2005-03-07
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  29. 2004-08-14
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    Charge satisfied #2
  30. 2002-09-27
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  31. 2001-01-29
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    Charge satisfied #1
  32. 1999-03-17
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    COOPER, David Christopher appointed
    director
  33. 1998-07-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Tsb Bank Scotland PLC
  34. 1995-07-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  35. 1995-03-23
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    Company incorporated
    As FREEWORLD TRADING LIMITED
  36. 1995-03-23
    ➕
    DAS, Mandeep appointed
    secretary
  37. 1995-03-23
    ➕
    DAS, Sanjoy, Dr appointed
    director
  38. 1995-03-23
    ➕
    ALEXANDERS BUSINESS PRESS LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 1995-03-23
    ➖
    ALEXANDERS BUSINESS PRESS LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1995-03-23
    ➕
    ALEXANDERS BUSINESS SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  41. 1995-03-23
    ➖
    ALEXANDERS BUSINESS SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Sanjoy Das
Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-03-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46110 — Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods

Registered office

21 Annandale Street
Edinburgh
EH7 4AW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-17
Last: 2026-01-03

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

DAS, Mandeep→
secretary · appointed 1995-03-23
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Active
DAS, Ishan Zubin, Director→
director · ~36y · appointed 2017-02-07
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Active
DAS, Sanjoy, Dr→
director · ~70y · appointed 1995-03-23
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Active
KIRIYAMA, Hiroshi→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-11-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALEXANDERS BUSINESS PRESS LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-03-23 · resigned 1995-03-23
Resigned
COOPER, David Christopher→
director · ~58y · appointed 1999-03-17 · resigned 2008-06-30
Resigned
ALEXANDERS BUSINESS SERVICES LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-03-23 · resigned 1995-03-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

9
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:9 of 9 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Deed of charge over debtors1 property27/04/2011—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Standard security1 property01/04/201016/09/2011
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property26/10/2009—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property05/10/2009—
satisfied
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Floating charge1 property17/07/200812/02/2010
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property07/03/200516/02/2010
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property27/09/200219/01/2010
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Tsb Bank Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property15/07/199814/08/2004
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property20/07/199529/01/2001
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Recent filings (97 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-06-07