BRITANIASHIELD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03309961 · ltd · incorporated 1997-01-30
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£57.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced Carrier
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 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 £57,706

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£58k
↑ 3.8% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£12k£23k£35k£46k£58kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£6.1k£2.0k
Current assets—£309
Net assets£57.7k£55.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-10-22
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  3. 2023-10-04
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  4. 2022-10-11
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  5. 2022-09-14
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  6. 2021-10-26
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  7. 2020-10-25
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  8. 2019-10-23
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  9. 2018-10-27
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  10. 2017-10-10
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  11. 2016-10-29
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  12. 2016-03-05
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  13. 2015-10-27
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-02-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-11-11
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    address · AD01
  16. 2005-11-01
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    WILLIAMS, Joan appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-11-01
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    WILLIAMS, Andrew George appointed
    director
  18. 2005-11-01
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Joan appointed
    director
  19. 2005-10-31
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    MCNALLY, Bernadette resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-10-31
    ➖
    LAWES, Ronald resigned
    director
  21. 1999-10-10
    ➖
    LAWES, Ronald resigned
    secretary
  22. 1999-10-10
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    MCNALLY, Bernadette appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-04-01
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    LAWES, Joyce resigned
    director
  24. 1999-04-01
    ➕
    LAWES, Ronald appointed
    director
  25. 1997-01-30
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    Company incorporated
    As BRITANIASHIELD LIMITED
  26. 1997-01-30
    ➕
    LAWES, Ronald appointed
    secretary
  27. 1997-01-30
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1997-01-30
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    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1997-01-30
    ➕
    LAWES, Joyce appointed
    director
  30. 1997-01-30
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1997-01-30
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-01-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC53202 — Unlicenced Carrier

Registered office

9 Hazeldene
Waltham Cross
Hertfordshire
EN8 7ER

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Joan→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMS, Andrew George→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-11-01
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Active
WILLIAMS, Joan→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAWES, Ronald→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-30 · resigned 1999-10-10
Resigned
MCNALLY, Bernadette→
secretary · appointed 1999-10-10 · resigned 2005-10-31
Resigned
PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-01-30 · resigned 1997-01-30
Resigned
LAWES, Joyce→
director · ~83y · appointed 1997-01-30 · resigned 1999-04-01
Resigned
LAWES, Ronald→
director · ~86y · appointed 1999-04-01 · resigned 2005-10-31
Resigned
PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-01-30 · resigned 1997-01-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-23