EJH TRADING LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC710147 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-22
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2023-10-04
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2023-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-03-18
    HALPIN, Marie Elizabeth appointed
    director
  8. 2021-09-22
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    Company incorporated
    As EJH TRADING LIMITED
  9. 2021-09-22
    HALPIN, Stephen appointed
    director
  10. 2021-09-22
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

74/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Halpin
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1968 · age 58
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control22/09/2021
Miss Marie Elizabeth Halpin
Individual · Scottish · DOB 06/1986 · age 40
2550%
25-50% shares01/10/2022

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
Incorporated2021-09-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

2 Link Road
Oakley
Dunfermline
KY12 9RU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HALPIN, Marie Elizabeth
director · ~40y · appointed 2022-03-18
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Active
HALPIN, Stephen
director · ~58y · appointed 2021-09-22
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-31
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-09-22