SHIELDTYPE PROJECTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02838599 · ltd · incorporated 1993-07-22

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 32.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 32.5y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 32.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 33/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

97 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	—	£10.1k
Current assets	—	£10.1k
Net assets	—	£10.1k
Average employees	3	—

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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2025-01-06
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accounts · AA
2024-09-17
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officers · AP03
2024-09-17
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officers · AP01
2024-09-17
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officers · TM02
2024-09-17
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officers · TM01
2024-09-05
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SCOTT, Jason Matthew appointed
secretary
2024-09-05
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SCOTT, Jason Matthew appointed
director
2024-09-05
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LAWSON, Andrew Peter resigned
secretary
2024-09-05
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LAWSON, Andrew Peter resigned
director
2024-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-10-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-06
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officers · TM01
2023-10-06
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-09-29
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LAWSON, Andrew Peter appointed
secretary
2023-09-29
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TEAGUE, David Robert resigned
secretary
2023-09-29
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LAWSON, Andrew Peter appointed
director
2023-09-29
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TEAGUE, David Robert resigned
director
2023-01-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-08
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address · AD01
2019-09-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-05-29
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-05-14
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accounts · AA
1998-05-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Velcourt Group PLC
1996-10-31
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SHAWCROSS, Keith resigned
director
1996-10-01
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SHAWCROSS, Keith appointed
director
1993-12-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Velcourt Group PLC
1993-08-12
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RILEY, Mark William Robert appointed
director
1993-08-12
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TOWNSHEND, James Reginald appointed
director
1993-08-12
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TEAGUE, David Robert appointed
secretary
1993-08-12
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-08-12
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TEAGUE, David Robert appointed
director
1993-08-12
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1993-07-22
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Company incorporated
As SHIELDTYPE PROJECTS LIMITED
1993-07-22
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-07-22
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Velcourt Group Ltd holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Velcourt Group Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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SHIELDTYPE PROJECTS LIMITED

This company · 02838599

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Velcourt Group Ltd Corporate entity	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 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

Incorporated1993-07-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Orchard House

Phocle Green Business Park

Ross-On-Wye

HR9 7XU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-05

Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

SCOTT, Jason Matthew→

secretary · appointed 2024-09-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

RILEY, Mark William Robert→

director · ~71y · appointed 1993-08-12

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Active

SCOTT, Jason Matthew→

director · ~55y · appointed 2024-09-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TOWNSHEND, James Reginald→

director · ~72y · appointed 1993-08-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LAWSON, Andrew Peter→

secretary · appointed 2023-09-29 · resigned 2024-09-05

Resigned

TEAGUE, David Robert→

secretary · appointed 1993-08-12 · resigned 2023-09-29

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-07-22 · resigned 1993-08-12

Resigned

LAWSON, Andrew Peter→

director · ~52y · appointed 2023-09-29 · resigned 2024-09-05

Resigned

SHAWCROSS, Keith→

director · ~84y · appointed 1996-10-01 · resigned 1996-10-31

Resigned

TEAGUE, David Robert→

director · ~75y · appointed 1993-08-12 · resigned 2023-09-29

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-07-22 · resigned 1993-08-12

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Velcourt Group Velcourt Group PLC	Legal charge	1 property	05/05/1998	—
	outstanding	Velcourt Group Velcourt Group PLC	Legal charge	1 property	10/12/1993	—

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Recent filings (97 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-01-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-01-06

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2024-09-17

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-09-17

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2024-09-17

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-09-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-01-30

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2023-10-09

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-10-06

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-10-06

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2023-10-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-01-03