ALBAN SHIPPING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02476648 · ltd · incorporated 1990-03-02
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£362.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £362,864
Net assets shrinking
Down £18,995 YoY
Cash YoY
+16%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£428k
↑ 16% YoY
Net Worth
£363k
↓ 5.0% YoY
Current Assets
£549k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£110k£219k£329k£439k£549kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£480.7k£575.7k
Current assets£548.6k£485.4k
Cash£428.4k£369.1k
Debtors£120.1k£116.3k
Net assets£362.9k£381.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2024-12-19
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  3. 2023-12-21
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  4. 2022-12-28
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  5. 2021-12-17
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  6. 2020-12-31
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  7. 2020-08-25
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  12. 2020-08-25
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  13. 2019-12-31
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  14. 2018-12-31
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  18. 2010-10-01
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    JACKMAN, Astelle Jane appointed
    director
  19. 1997-03-20
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    JACKMAN, Astelle Jane appointed
    secretary
  20. 1997-03-20
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    JACKMAN, Margaret resigned
    secretary
  21. 1990-03-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBAN SHIPPING LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Charles Jackman
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Astelle Jane Jackman
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1990-03-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities

Registered office

Broad House
1 The Broadway
Old Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL9 5BG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

JACKMAN, Astelle Jane→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-20
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Active
JACKMAN, Andrew Charles→
director · ~58y
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Active
JACKMAN, Astelle Jane→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-10-01
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Active
JACKMAN, Margaret→
secretary · resigned 1997-03-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (99 total)

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2026-03-03
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2026-01-15
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2025-02-25
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2024-12-19
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2024-03-11
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accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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2023-02-27
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2022-12-28
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2022-03-11
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2021-12-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-14
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accounts · AA
2020-12-31
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2020-08-25
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2020-08-25
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officers · CH01
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