TRADE ADVANCE LIMITED

Company number 04833876 ·

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Executive summary

Trade Advance Limited demonstrates excellent long-term financial resilience, evidenced by consistent profit generation that has grown net assets from £3,792 in 2017 to nearly £100,000 today. However, the business is currently suffering from severe illiquidity, with zero cash reserves trapped by a sudden spike in unpaid customer invoices and heavy inventory levels. Immediate priority must be placed on aggressive debt collection and stock management to restore healthy cash flow and prevent a short-term liquidity crisis.

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Shareholders' funds

£99,559

Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2003-07-16
Employees
5 (2025 accounts · was 3 in 2024)
Registered office
7 Swallow Units Alphin Brook Road, Marsh Barton Trading Estate, Exeter, Devon, England, EX2 8QF
Postcode
EX2 8QF
Capital
800 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-08-31
Next due by
2027-05-31
Financial year end
31 August

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-07-09
Next due by
2027-07-23
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 47990 Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Officers 3 current · 3 resigned

Appointed 2011-02-07
Appointed 2003-08-12
MR. BERNARD THOMAS Secretary
Appointed 2003-07-16

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Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
EXETER BUSINESS CENTRE, 39 MARSH GREEN ROAD WEST, MARSH BARTON, EXETER, DEVON, EX2 8PN2008-10-23
GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 23/10/2008 FROM, EXETER BUSINESS CENTRE, 39 MARSH GREEN ROAD WEST, MARSH BARTON, EXETER, DEVON, EX2 8PN2008-10-23
29 RUTLAND AVENUE, LOWTON, WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE WA3 2RQ2004-12-16

Among its peers

Top 25%

by shareholders' funds, of 145 similar companies in EX

Among the biggest employers among its local peers (5 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2003.

Competitors Exeter

This company ranks 36 among other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets in Exeter.

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The class of 2003

29%

of the 1,237 companies in this sector incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 68% have since been dissolved.

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

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