HNB TRADE LTD

Company number 07847471 ·

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Executive summary

HNB TRADE LTD presents a concerning strategic profile: a 13-year-old alcohol wholesaler experiencing rapid balance sheet deterioration, with net assets declining 70% from their 2021 peak and cash reserves collapsing 88% over two years to just £28,331. The company's most pressing risk is an acute liquidity crisis compounded by questionable receivables quality—£378,423 classified as long-term trade debtors in a business where such terms are atypical—alongside a 4.8:1 debt-to-equity ratio that leaves minimal room for error. Without decisive action on working capital recovery, debt restructuring, and receivables verification, the business faces material going-concern risk within 12-18 months.

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Shareholders' funds

£108,288

Balance sheet as at 2024-12-01

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2011-11-15
Employees
0 (2024 accounts)
Registered office
5 North End Road, London, England, NW11 7RJ
Postcode
NW11 7RJ
Capital
1 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2024-12-01
Next due by
2026-12-01
Financial year end
30 November

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-05-31
Next due by
2027-06-14
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 46342 Wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages
  • 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade

Officers 1 current · 1 resigned

Subscribers only Director
Subscribers only Appointed 2012-01-05

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Group structure

Controlled by HNB HOLDING LTD — since 2022-01-23

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
79 COLLEGE ROAD, HARROW, MIDDLESEX, HA1 1BD2017-01-10
UNIT 3 MC NICHOLAS HOUSE, TOWNSEND LANE, KINGSBURY, LONDON, NW9 8XE, UNITED KINGDOM2012-04-14

Among its peers

Top 25%

by shareholders' funds, of 75 similar companies in NW

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2011.

No.18 of the largest wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages companies in London →

542 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors London

This company ranks 18 among wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages in London.

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The class of 2011

23%

of the 323 companies in this sector incorporated in 2011 are still active today; 72% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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