A1 PRESTIGE SHIPPING SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02657410 · ltd · incorporated 1991-10-25
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 50200
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
88 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-12-01
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-12-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-07-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-08-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-05-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-26
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-07-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-07-31
    ➖
    JACKSON, Rae Lynnette resigned
    secretary
  17. 2012-07-31
    ➖
    JACKSON, Rae Lynnette resigned
    director
  18. 1991-10-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A1 PRESTIGE SHIPPING SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 1991-10-25
    ➕
    JACKSON, Jeremy David appointed
    director
  20. 1991-10-25
    ➕
    JACKSON, Rae Lynnette appointed
    secretary
  21. 1991-10-25
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1991-10-25
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1991-10-25
    ➕
    JACKSON, Rae Lynnette appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jerry Jackson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/10/2016
Mrs Lorette Jackson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/10/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-10-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200

Registered office

The Dolphin
19a Woodbury Road
Stourport-On-Severn
DY13 8XR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

JACKSON, Jeremy David→
director · ~66y · appointed 1991-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JACKSON, Rae Lynnette→
secretary · appointed 1991-10-25 · resigned 2012-07-31
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-10-25 · resigned 1991-10-25
Resigned
JACKSON, Rae Lynnette→
director · ~67y · appointed 1991-10-25 · resigned 2012-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (88 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-26