A J SHONE & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04188924 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-28
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
£228.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
76 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 £228,180
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,334 YoY
Cash YoY
+15%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£222k
↑ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£228k
↓ 1.9% YoY
Current Assets
£248k
↓ 1.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£51k£101k£152k£202k£253kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£228.2k£232.5k
Current assets£248.0k£252.9k
Cash£221.8k£192.7k
Debtors£24.2k£57.9k
Net assets£228.2k£232.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-04-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2020-04-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-04-04
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    SHONE, Aleck James resigned
    director
  12. 2019-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-23
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    DUTTON, Angela Margaret appointed
    director
  16. 2017-10-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2016-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-03-22
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    DUTTON, Angela Margaret resigned
    director
  19. 2002-04-30
    ➕
    SHONE, Margaret Patricia Rose appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-04-30
    ➖
    DUTTON, Angela Margaret resigned
    secretary
  21. 2001-03-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A J SHONE & SON LIMITED
  22. 2001-03-28
    ➕
    SHONE, Alan James appointed
    director
  23. 2001-03-28
    ➕
    SHONE, Margaret Patricia Rose appointed
    director
  24. 2001-03-28
    ➕
    DUTTON, Angela Margaret appointed
    secretary
  25. 2001-03-28
    ➕
    NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-03-28
    ➖
    NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-03-28
    ➕
    AVIS, Christine Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  28. 2001-03-28
    ➖
    AVIS, Christine Susan resigned
    nominee-director
  29. 2001-03-28
    ➕
    DUTTON, Angela Margaret appointed
    director
  30. 2001-03-28
    ➕
    SHONE, Aleck James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SHONE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Margaret Patricia Rose Shone
Individual · British · DOB 11/1937 · age 89
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Aleck James Shoneceased 04/04/2020· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2001-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

16 High Street
Saltney
Chester
Cheshire
CH4 8SE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-05
Last: 2026-03-22

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

SHONE, Margaret Patricia Rose→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUTTON, Angela Margaret→
director · ~59y · appointed 2017-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHONE, Alan James→
director · ~55y · appointed 2001-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHONE, Margaret Patricia Rose→
director · ~89y · appointed 2001-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUTTON, Angela Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-28 · resigned 2002-04-30
Resigned
NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-28 · resigned 2001-03-28
Resigned
AVIS, Christine Susan→
nominee-director · ~62y · appointed 2001-03-28 · resigned 2001-03-28
Resigned
DUTTON, Angela Margaret→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-03-28 · resigned 2016-03-22
Resigned
SHONE, Aleck James→
director · ~92y · appointed 2001-03-28 · resigned 2020-04-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-07-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-04-15