ANTONY SHACKLETON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04518071 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-23
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
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), 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 (73/100).

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 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
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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
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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-31
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  3. 2023-03-17
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  4. 2023-03-15
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-03-04
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    SHACKLETON, Dante Jay appointed
    director
  6. 2022-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2019-07-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2019-07-18
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-07-18
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-07-17
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    SHACKLETON, Louise appointed
    director
  15. 2019-07-17
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    SHACKLETON, Antony resigned
    director
  16. 2018-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-08-25
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    address · AD01
  18. 2017-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-04-01
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    SHACKLETON, Louise resigned
    secretary
  20. 2002-08-29
    ➕
    SHACKLETON, Louise appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-08-29
    ➕
    SHACKLETON, Antony appointed
    director
  22. 2002-08-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ANTONY SHACKLETON LIMITED
  23. 2002-08-23
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-08-23
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    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-08-23
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    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  26. 2002-08-23
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

89/100
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 "SHACKLETON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

16/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SHACKLETON, Dante Jay (same surname) appointed 2023-03-04. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Louise Shackleton
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/07/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Antony Shackletonceased 17/07/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2002-08-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Registered office

Jr Zealand & Co 17-18 Bridlington Business Centre
Enterprise Way
Bridlington
Yorkshire
YO16 4SF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-06
Last: 2025-08-23

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SHACKLETON, Dante Jay→
director · ~25y · appointed 2023-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHACKLETON, Louise→
director · ~60y · appointed 2019-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-23 · resigned 2002-08-23
Resigned
SHACKLETON, Louise→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-29 · resigned 2014-04-01
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2002-08-23 · resigned 2002-08-23
Resigned
SHACKLETON, Antony→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-08-29 · resigned 2019-07-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-18