E H TRADING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC324844 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46120
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-23
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-19
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2022-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-06-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2007-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As E H TRADING LIMITED
  17. 2007-06-04
    ➕
    AL-SAFFAR, Juman appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-06-04
    ➕
    AL SAFFAR, Hassan appointed
    director
  19. 2007-06-04
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2007-06-04
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-06-04
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 2007-06-04
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Hassan Maki Rashid Al-Saffar
Individual · British · DOB 11/1953 · age 73
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2007-06-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46120 — SIC 46120

Registered office

71 Blackness Road
Dundee
DD1 5PD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

AL-SAFFAR, Juman→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-04
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Active
AL SAFFAR, Hassan→
director · ~73y · appointed 2007-06-04
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-06-04 · resigned 2007-06-04
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-06-04 · resigned 2007-06-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-08