THOMPSON INDEPENDENT TRADERS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

SC788327 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-06

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.3y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Newest facility, 1.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (9 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

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

Metric	2025-02-28
Average employees	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 capital

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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capital · SH01
2025-11-12
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confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2025-11-06
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accounts · AA
2025-08-04
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capital · SH01
2025-07-07
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-07-07
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legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2025-06-27
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accounts · AA01
2025-06-03
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capital · SH01
2025-03-26
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capital · SH01
2025-03-25
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capital · SH01
2025-02-28
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mortgage · MR01
2025-02-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Ortus Secured Finance I Limited (Crn: 08380992) as Security Trustee
2025-02-07
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MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2025-02-07
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officers · AP04
2025-02-07
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capital · SH08
2025-02-05
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-02-05
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-02-04
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officers · AP01
2025-02-04
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capital · SH01
2025-02-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-04
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officers · AP01
2025-02-04
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officers · AP01
2025-02-04
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officers · AP01
2024-11-01
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-01
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-09-01
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CHETIYAWARDANA, Ryan appointed
director
2024-09-01
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DUHIGG, John William appointed
director
2024-09-01
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MARTIN, Rebecca Lucy appointed
director
2024-09-01
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RAVENHALL, Nicholas Charles appointed
director
2023-11-06
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Company incorporated
As THOMPSON INDEPENDENT TRADERS LTD
2023-11-06
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THOMPSON, Philip Duncan appointed
secretary
2023-11-06
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DOWNING, James Bedford appointed
director
2023-11-06
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THOMPSON, Philip Duncan appointed
director
2023-11-06
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THOMPSON, Simon Lowthian appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "THOMPSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+Young company: Only 2.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Philip Duncan Thompson Individual · British · DOB 06/1986 · age 40	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/11/2023
Mr Simon Lowthian Thompson Individual · British · DOB 04/1984 · age 42	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/11/2023

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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2023-11-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Dornoch Distillery Unit 3 C

Station Square Industrial Estate

Dornoch

Sutherland

IV25 3PB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-19

Last: 2025-11-05