RAVEN WHOLESALE TRADE LTD
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £712.1k | £344.8k |
| Current assets | £557.4k | £304.3k |
| Cash | £76.0k | £53.9k |
| Debtors | £241.0k | £122.3k |
| Net assets | £712.1k | £344.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-11📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-05-13✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2024-02-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-19📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-07-18📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-02-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-02-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-02-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-02-10➕KAMRAN, Samina appointeddirector
- 2023-02-10➖MAQSOOD, Lydia Dawn resigneddirector
- 2021-08-23🏢Company incorporatedAs RAVEN WHOLESALE TRADE LTD
- 2021-08-23➕MAQSOOD, Lydia Dawn appointeddirector
- 2021-08-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Samina Kamran Individual · British · DOB 05/1977 · age 49 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 10/02/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Lydia Dawn Maqsoodceased 10/02/2023· 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.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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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