A&E SHARMAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04285102 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-11

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 24.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£38.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85600Educational support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 24.0y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

64 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £38,144

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£38k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£55k

↓ 7.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£38.1k	£33.9k
Current assets	£55.3k	£59.7k
Net assets	£38.1k	£33.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-02-26
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accounts · AA
2025-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
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accounts · AA
2021-09-08
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officers · AP03
2021-09-08
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officers · TM02
2021-09-01
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SHARMAN, Alistair Richard Norris appointed
secretary
2021-09-01
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SHARMAN, Anne resigned
secretary
2021-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-15
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accounts · AA01
2020-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-09-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-04-28
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SHARMAN, Erica Marie appointed
director
2020-04-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-04-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-09-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2002-04-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2001-09-11
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Company incorporated
As A&E SHARMAN LIMITED
2001-09-11
➕
SHARMAN, Alistair Richard Norris appointed
director
2001-09-11
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SHARMAN, Anne appointed
secretary
2001-09-11
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-09-11
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-09-11
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-09-11
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SHARMAN" — 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 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Erica Marie Sharman Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	14/04/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Alistair Richard Norris Sharmanceased 14/04/2020· 75-100% 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

Incorporated2001-09-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

The Gardens

County Road

Leeswood

Flintshire

CH7 4RG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-18

Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SHARMAN, Alistair Richard Norris→

secretary · appointed 2021-09-01

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Active

SHARMAN, Alistair Richard Norris→

director · ~65y · appointed 2001-09-11

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Active

SHARMAN, Erica Marie→

director · ~62y · appointed 2020-04-28

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Active

SHARMAN, Anne→

secretary · appointed 2001-09-11 · resigned 2021-09-01

Resigned

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-09-11 · resigned 2001-09-11

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-09-11 · resigned 2001-09-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Debenture	1 property	18/04/2002	—

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