DENHOLM SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00709942 · ltd · incorporated 1961-12-07

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 26.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.6y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 26.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

29 officers (7 active, 29 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

21 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

200 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (83 events)Click to expand

2026-02-17
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officers · CH01
2026-01-05
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officers · AP01
2026-01-01
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BUTLER, Corinna Claire Paisley appointed
director
2025-10-02
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accounts · AA
2025-06-11
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officers · TM01
2025-05-26
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PRESTON, Simon Luke resigned
director
2025-02-11
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officers · AP01
2025-02-06
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KIRKWOOD, Scott Alexander John appointed
director
2025-02-05
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officers · TM01
2025-02-03
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DENHOLM, Robert Keith resigned
director
2025-01-29
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mortgage · MR04
2025-01-29
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mortgage · MR04
2025-01-29
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mortgage · MR04
2025-01-29
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mortgage · MR04
2025-01-29
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mortgage · MR04
2025-01-29
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mortgage · MR04
2025-01-29
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Charge satisfied #6
2025-01-29
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Charge satisfied #5
2025-01-29
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Charge satisfied #4
2025-01-29
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Charge satisfied #3
2025-01-29
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Charge satisfied #2
2025-01-29
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-10-11
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accounts · AA
2024-09-18
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officers · TM01
2024-09-13
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BROWN, Duncan Grant resigned
director
2023-12-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-26
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accounts · AA
2023-09-07
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officers · AP01
2023-08-24
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WALLACE, Steven David James appointed
director
2022-10-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-29
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accounts · AA
2021-09-23
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accounts · AA
2021-01-28
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PRESTON, Simon Luke appointed
director
2020-12-31
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DANIELS, Craig David George appointed
secretary
2020-12-31
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HANSON, Gregory Albert resigned
secretary
2020-11-26
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DENHOLM, John Stephen resigned
director
2017-11-30
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FAIRHURST, George Trevor St John resigned
director
2015-06-04
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MACLEHOSE, Benjamin Donald Robert appointed
director
2015-06-04
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REVILL, Matthew appointed
director
2013-03-26
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HARRIS, Diana Jane resigned
director
2012-09-19
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BEVERIDGE, Michael John resigned
director
2012-09-19
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MARSH, Tony Philip resigned
director
2012-09-19
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SEYMOUR, Roger Alexander Francis resigned
director
2009-09-30
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DENHOLM, Robert Keith appointed
director
2009-06-22
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FREELAND, Donald John resigned
director
2009-03-27
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Charge satisfied #7
2009-02-03
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BEVERIDGE, Michael John appointed
director
2009-02-03
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BROWN, Duncan Grant appointed
director
2009-02-03
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MARSH, Tony Philip appointed
director
2009-02-03
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MEIN, Andrea Jane resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

J. & J. Denholm Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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J. & J. Denholm Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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DENHOLM SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED

This company · 00709942

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
J. & J. Denholm Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1961-12-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

8th Floor The Aspect

12 Finsbury Square

London

EC2A 1AS

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-05

Last: 2026-01-22