INVERLEITH TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC541194 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-27
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 100 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-09📄administrative-restoration-companyrestoration · RT01
- 2024-05-21📄gazette-dissolved-compulsorygazette · GAZ2
- 2024-03-05📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-07-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-24📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2022-02-17📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-02-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-14📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-02-14✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-02-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-02-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-01-31➕THOMSON, Lucy Margaret appointeddirector
- 2021-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-04📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2021-04-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-04-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-04-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-04-20➖SKIPWORTH, Paul Henry resigneddirector
- 2018-05-01➕SKIPWORTH, Paul Henry appointeddirector
- 2018-04-30➖DUNSMORE, John Michael resigneddirector
- 2016-08-12➕DUNSMORE, John Michael appointeddirector
- 2016-07-27🏢Company incorporatedAs INVERLEITH TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
- 2016-07-27➕THOMSON, Benjamin John Paget appointeddirector
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Benjamin John Paget Thomson Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 20/04/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Hothouse Brands Limitedceased 20/04/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-07-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies
Registered office
33 Inverleith Terrace
Edinburgh
EH3 5NU
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-09
Last: 2025-07-26
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
THOMSON, Benjamin John Paget→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2016-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THOMSON, Lucy Margaret→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2022-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DUNSMORE, John Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2016-08-12 · resigned 2018-04-30
SKIPWORTH, Paul Henry→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2018-05-01 · resigned 2021-04-20
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Recent filings (44 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
administrative-restoration-company
restoration · RT01
2024-10-09
gazette-dissolved-compulsory
gazette · GAZ2
2024-05-21
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2022-02-24
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-02-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-15