SJH-ALL PLANT GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04500584 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-01
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
£5.06M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46630
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

19 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 23.5y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
19 charges (19/19 with lender, 19/19 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
115 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,064,492
Net assets shrinking
Down £629,600 YoY
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£41k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£5.1m
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£9.4m
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2.3m£4.6m£6.9m£9.2m£12mJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£5.98M£8.20M
Current assets£9.44M£11.53M
Cash£41.5k£48.0k
Debtors£4.83M£5.55M
Net assets£5.06M£5.69M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (62 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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  2. 2024-10-31
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  3. 2023-11-20
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  5. 2023-11-17
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  6. 2023-11-17
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  7. 2023-10-31
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  8. 2023-04-24
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  9. 2023-04-24
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
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  10. 2023-04-24
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    Charge satisfied #15
  11. 2023-04-24
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    Charge satisfied #14
  12. 2023-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-07
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  14. 2021-12-07
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    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2021-12-06
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2021-12-03
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    Charge registered #19
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  17. 2021-12-03
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    Charge registered #18
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  18. 2021-12-03
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    Charge registered #17
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  19. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2021-06-24
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  21. 2021-06-24
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  22. 2021-06-24
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    Charge satisfied #16
  23. 2021-06-24
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    Charge satisfied #4
  24. 2020-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2019-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2019-08-15
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    Charge satisfied #13
  27. 2019-08-15
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    Charge satisfied #12
  28. 2019-08-15
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    Charge satisfied #6
  29. 2019-08-15
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    Charge satisfied #5
  30. 2019-08-15
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    Charge satisfied #3
  31. 2019-08-15
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    Charge satisfied #2
  32. 2018-07-11
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    Charge registered #16
    Lender: United Trust Bank Limited
  33. 2018-04-27
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    Charge registered #15
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) P.L.C.
  34. 2018-04-27
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    Charge registered #14
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) P.L.C.
  35. 2016-01-21
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    Charge satisfied #8
  36. 2012-08-31
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    Charge registered #13
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  37. 2012-05-15
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    Charge satisfied #11
  38. 2012-05-15
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    Charge satisfied #10
  39. 2012-05-15
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    Charge satisfied #9
  40. 2011-09-20
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    Charge satisfied #7
  41. 2011-08-17
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    Charge registered #12
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  42. 2011-08-17
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    Charge registered #11
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  43. 2011-08-17
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  44. 2011-08-17
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  45. 2011-08-17
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  46. 2011-08-17
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  47. 2011-08-17
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  48. 2011-08-17
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  49. 2010-07-29
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  50. 2010-01-01
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    GILL, David appointed
    director
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Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Sjh-All Plant Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sjh-All Plant Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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SJH-ALL PLANT GROUP LIMITED
This company · 04500584

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sjh-All Plant Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest06/04/2016

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

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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
Incorporated2002-08-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46630 — SIC 46630

Registered office

3 Doolittle Yard Froghall Road
Ampthill
Bedford
MK45 2NW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GILL, David→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUDSON, Stephen John→
director · ~45y · appointed 2002-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLMES, Mandi→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-01 · resigned 2008-07-31
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-01 · resigned 2002-08-01
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-01 · resigned 2002-08-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

19
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:19 of 19 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property03/12/2021—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property03/12/2021—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property03/12/2021—
satisfied
United Trust Bank
United Trust Bank Limited
A registered charge—11/07/201824/06/2021
satisfied
Aib Group (UK) P.L.C.
A registered charge—27/04/201824/04/2023
satisfied
Aib Group (UK) P.L.C.
A registered charge3 properties27/04/201824/04/2023
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property31/08/201215/08/2019
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/08/201115/08/2019
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/08/201115/05/2012
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/08/201115/05/2012
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/08/201115/05/2012
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/08/201121/01/2016
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/08/201120/09/2011
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/08/201115/08/2019
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/08/201115/08/2019
satisfied
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
Chattel mortgage1 property29/07/201024/06/2021
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property06/08/200815/08/2019
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property12/09/200615/08/2019
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property14/01/200323/04/2009
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Recent filings (115 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-11-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-04-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-12-07