BENELUX SHIPPING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02127820 · ltd · incorporated 1987-05-05
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 32.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£64.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 32.1y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 32.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
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
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £64,883
Cash YoY
-2%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£214k
↓ 2.3% YoY
Net Worth
£65k
↑ 9.1% YoY
Current Assets
£324k
↑ 4.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £64.9k | £59.5k |
| Current assets | £324.2k | £309.8k |
| Cash | £213.8k | £218.8k |
| Debtors | £110.4k | £91.0k |
| Net assets | £64.9k | £59.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-11-30➕VERSCHOOR, Saskia Polly appointeddirector
- 2022-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-01-18📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2015-12-31➖HILL, Nicola resignedsecretary
- 2006-12-14➕HILL, Nicola appointedsecretary
- 2006-12-14➖VERSCHOOR, Joan Vanessa resignedsecretary
- 2004-06-21🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1997-10-30🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1994-06-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1987-05-05🏢Company incorporatedAs BENELUX SHIPPING LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — VERSCHOOR, Saskia Polly (same surname) appointed 2022-11-30. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jan Willem Christiaan Verschoor Individual · Dutch · DOB 04/1952 · age 74 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-05-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities
Registered office
Roland House
Princes Dock Street
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU1 2LD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-14
Last: 2026-06-30
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
Active
VERSCHOOR, Saskia Polly→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2022-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HILL, Nicola→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-12-14 · resigned 2015-12-31
VERSCHOOR, Joan Vanessa→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2006-12-14
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 21/06/2004 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 02/06/1994 | 30/10/1997 |
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Recent filings (102 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01