KHAISTA BACHA FOR TRADING AND INVESTMENT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC798784 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-12
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
65/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 65/100 (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 (55/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
65/100Strong
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
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
11
filings
  • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • 4 officers
  • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
    BACHA, Khaista appointed
    director
  2. 2025-12-16
    ELTANTAWY, Salaheldin Samir Ismail Abdelbaky resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-12-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-12-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2025-12-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-12-16
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2025-11-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2025-11-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2025-11-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2025-11-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2025-11-05
    ELTANTAWY, Salaheldin Samir Ismail Abdelbaky appointed
    director
  13. 2025-11-05
    SZEWCZYK, Grzegorz resigned
    director
  14. 2025-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2024-02-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KHAISTA BACHA FOR TRADING AND INVESTMENT LTD
  16. 2024-02-12
    SZEWCZYK, Grzegorz appointed
    director
  17. 2024-02-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BACHA" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 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

2 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: ELTANTAWY, Salaheldin Samir Ismail Abdelbaky resigned 2025-12-16; SZEWCZYK, Grzegorz resigned 2025-11-05

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-12-16: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Khaista Bacha
Individual · Pakistani · DOB 03/1980 · age 46
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/12/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Salaheldin Samir Ismail Abdelbaky Eltantawyceased 16/12/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Grzegorz Szewczykceased 05/11/2025· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-02-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

5 South Charlotte Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4AN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last: 2025-12-16

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

BACHA, Khaista
director · ~46y · appointed 2025-12-16
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Active
ELTANTAWY, Salaheldin Samir Ismail Abdelbaky
director · ~25y · appointed 2025-11-05 · resigned 2025-12-16
Resigned
SZEWCZYK, Grzegorz
director · ~41y · appointed 2024-02-12 · resigned 2025-11-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-16
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-12