C. T. SHELDON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01211887 · ltd · incorporated 1975-05-09
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£10.85M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.9y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,849,981
Cash YoY
-20%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.5m
↓ 20% YoY
Net Worth
£11m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2.0m
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2.2m£4.3m£6.5m£8.7m£11mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£11.96M£11.85M
Current assets£2.00M£2.49M
Cash£1.55M£1.94M
Debtors£36.8k£48.4k
Net assets£10.85M£10.75M

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

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2023-06-01
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-09
    ➖
    SHELDON, Anna resigned
    secretary
  8. 2023-03-09
    ➖
    SHELDON, Anna resigned
    director
  9. 2022-12-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-12-12
    ➕
    SHELDON, Alison appointed
    director
  11. 2022-06-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2022-06-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2022-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-11-01
    ➖
    SHELDON, Charles Timothy resigned
    director
  15. 2021-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-01-19
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    address · AD02
  17. 2020-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2013-08-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  21. 2002-09-01
    ➕
    SHELDON, Jeremy Joseph appointed
    director
  22. 1975-05-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As C. T. SHELDON LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SHELDON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SHELDON, Alison (same surname) appointed 2022-12-12. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 51 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jeremy Joseph Sheldon
Individual · British · DOB 11/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Charles Timothy Sheldonceased 01/11/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1975-05-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Wheatley Farm Wheatley Lane
Collingham
Newark
Notts
NG23 7QG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SHELDON, Alison→
director · ~54y · appointed 2022-12-12
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Active
SHELDON, Jeremy Joseph→
director · ~56y · appointed 2002-09-01
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Active
SHELDON, Anna→
secretary · resigned 2023-03-09
Resigned
SHELDON, Anna→
director · ~82y · resigned 2023-03-09
Resigned
SHELDON, Charles Timothy→
director · ~84y · resigned 2021-11-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property30/08/2013—
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Recent filings (103 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-06-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-14