A & R SHEEKEY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07343715 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-12

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

40 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-30	2024-03-30
Average employees	0	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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2024-12-23
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2024-10-17
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2024-03-26
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accounts · AA01
2023-08-16
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address · AD01
2023-07-17
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address · AD01
2023-04-06
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accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-03-30
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accounts · AA
2021-03-03
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2019-12-19
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2018-12-19
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2017-11-29
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2016-12-23
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2015-12-11
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2010-08-12
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Company incorporated
As A & R SHEEKEY LIMITED
2010-08-12
➕
SHEEKEY, Alan appointed
director
2010-08-12
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SHEEKEY, Ruth appointed
director
2010-08-12
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KAHAN, Barbara appointed
director
2010-08-12
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KAHAN, Barbara resigned
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 "SHEEKEY" — 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 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Sheekey Individual · British · DOB 11/1950 · age 76	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	12/08/2016
Mrs Ruth Sheekey Individual · British · DOB 11/1950 · age 76	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	12/08/2016

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

Incorporated2010-08-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

1st Floor Broadgate House

23 The Green

Billingham

TS23 1ES

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-29

Last made up to: 2025-03-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-26

Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

SHEEKEY, Alan→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-08-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SHEEKEY, Ruth→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-08-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KAHAN, Barbara→

director · ~95y · appointed 2010-08-12 · resigned 2010-08-12

Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

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2025-12-23

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-21

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2024-03-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-17

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-08-16

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-07-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-04-06

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened

accounts · AA01

2023-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-03-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-03-03