AUCHINLEA TRADERS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC771641 · ltd · incorporated 2023-06-05
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 Jun 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (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: 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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
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.

Key financials

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

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-06-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-20
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-09-09
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  3. 2025-08-19
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-06-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-03-19
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2024-03-01
    RF SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  9. 2023-06-16
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  10. 2023-06-14
    RF SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  11. 2023-06-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUCHINLEA TRADERS LTD
  12. 2023-06-05
    AKRAM, Tariq Saeed appointed
    director
  13. 2023-06-05
    📄
    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 2.9 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
Mr Tariq Saeed Akram
Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/06/2023

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
Incorporated2023-06-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

215 Provan Walk
Glasgow
G34 9DY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

AKRAM, Tariq Saeed
director · ~57y · appointed 2023-06-05
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Active
RF SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2023-06-14 · resigned 2024-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-09-09
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-25
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-03-19
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2023-06-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-06-05