SHEPPY'S CIDER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06426188 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-13
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 18.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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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 11030
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56101Licenced restaurants
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.5y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees59005800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-10
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-11
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  4. 2023-05-26
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  5. 2022-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-14
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    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2020-10-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2020-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-25
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-10
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-06-12
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-11-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2011-03-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  18. 2008-01-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2007-11-13
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    Company incorporated
    As SHEPPY'S CIDER LIMITED
  20. 2007-11-13
    ➕
    SHEPPY, Louisa Naomi appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-11-13
    ➕
    SHEPPY, David James appointed
    director
  22. 2007-11-13
    ➕
    SHEPPY, Louisa Naomi appointed
    director
  23. 2007-11-13
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-11-13
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2007-11-13
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2007-11-13
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "SHEPPY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 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

79/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David James Sheppy
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Louisa Naomi Sheppy
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-11-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11030 — SIC 11030

Registered office

Three Bridges, Bradford-On-Tone
Taunton
Somerset
TA4 1ER

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SHEPPY, Louisa Naomi→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-13
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Active
SHEPPY, David James→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-11-13
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Active
SHEPPY, Louisa Naomi→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-11-13 · resigned 2007-11-13
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-11-13 · resigned 2007-11-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property09/03/2011—
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property17/01/200814/10/2020
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Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-11
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-13