A M SHERMAN & CO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07232095 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-22
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
47 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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  2. 2024-12-10
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  3. 2023-09-22
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  4. 2022-09-22
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-03
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-08
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    address · AD01
  7. 2020-11-20
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-13
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  9. 2018-10-12
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  10. 2017-12-12
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  11. 2017-01-17
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-23
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  13. 2015-09-03
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-05-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-04-29
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2015-03-29
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    DARLING, Joanne Elizabeth resigned
    director
  17. 2012-11-12
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    DARLING, Joanne Elizabeth appointed
    director
  18. 2012-03-30
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    EFFENDI, Ahmed Raza resigned
    director
  19. 2012-03-30
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    JOHNSON, Martin John resigned
    director
  20. 2011-05-04
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    EFFENDI, Ahmed Raza appointed
    director
  21. 2011-05-04
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    JOHNSON, Martin John appointed
    director
  22. 2010-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As A M SHERMAN & CO LIMITED
  23. 2010-04-22
    ➕
    SHERMAN, Susan Betty appointed
    secretary
  24. 2010-04-22
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    SHERMAN, Anthony Max appointed
    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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SHERMAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Mr Anthony Max Sherman
Individual · British · DOB 03/1946 · age 80
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated2010-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

43 Broomhill Drive
Leeds
LS17 6JW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-01
Last: 2026-05-18

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SHERMAN, Susan Betty→
secretary · appointed 2010-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHERMAN, Anthony Max→
director · ~80y · appointed 2010-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DARLING, Joanne Elizabeth→
director · ~54y · appointed 2012-11-12 · resigned 2015-03-29
Resigned
EFFENDI, Ahmed Raza→
director · ~50y · appointed 2011-05-04 · resigned 2012-03-30
Resigned
JOHNSON, Martin John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-05-04 · resigned 2012-03-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

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2026-05-19
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2025-12-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
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accounts · AA
2024-12-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
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accounts · AA
2023-09-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
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accounts · AA
2022-09-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-26
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accounts · AA
2021-12-03
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address · AD01
2021-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20
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accounts · AA
2020-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-13