J. O'SHEA & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03751609 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-14

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 27.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 39000

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

42990Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
43120Site preparation
43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 27.0y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 27.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 4 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

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

82 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	2100	2400

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-04-10
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2025-01-17
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2025-01-06
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O'SHEA, Brendan Patrick appointed
director
2025-01-06
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O'SHEA, Kieran Anthony appointed
director
2024-11-11
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2023-11-24
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2022-10-27
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2021-09-29
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2020-07-18
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2019-12-09
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2018-11-27
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2017-10-19
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2013-07-24
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Charge satisfied #1
2013-05-09
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
2003-03-31
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O'SHEA, James resigned
director
1999-07-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1999-04-14
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Company incorporated
As J. O'SHEA & SONS LIMITED
1999-04-14
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O'SHEA, Desmond appointed
secretary
1999-04-14
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O'SHEA, Desmond appointed
director
1999-04-14
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O'SHEA, John appointed
director
1999-04-14
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O'SHEA, Paul Martin appointed
director
1999-04-14
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BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
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1999-04-14
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BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
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1999-04-14
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O'SHEA, James appointed
director
1999-04-14
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DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
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1999-04-14
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DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

81/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "O'SHEA" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — O'SHEA, Brendan Patrick (same surname) appointed 2025-01-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-04-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Orchard Street

Pendleton

Salford Manchester

Lancashire

M6 6FL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-15

Last: 2026-04-01