A J SHAW & SONS LIMITED

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07398056 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-06

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 12.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.0y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 12.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	700	800

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

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2 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 capital

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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2026-03-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-17
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capital · SH01
2025-12-22
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accounts · AA
2025-11-17
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address · AD01
2025-11-17
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officers · CH01
2025-11-17
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
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2014-07-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2014-06-01
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SHAW, David Allan appointed
director
2014-05-31
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SHAW, Oliver David resigned
director
2013-05-08
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SHAW, David Allan resigned
director
2010-10-06
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Company incorporated
As A J SHAW & SONS LIMITED
2010-10-06
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SHAW, Susan Anne appointed
secretary
2010-10-06
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SHAW, Allan Jim appointed
director
2010-10-06
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SHAW, Anthony James appointed
director
2010-10-06
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SHAW, Susan Anne appointed
director
2010-10-06
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SHALTIEL, Yaakov, Dr appointed
director
2010-10-06
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SHALTIEL, Yaakov, Dr resigned
director
2010-10-06
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SHAW, David Allan appointed
director
2010-10-06
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SHAW, Oliver David appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SHAW" — 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 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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 Anthony James Shaw Individual · British · DOB 06/1983 · age 43	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	17/03/2026
Mr David Allan Shaw Individual · British · DOB 04/1986 · age 40	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	17/03/2026

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Allan Jim Shawceased 17/03/2026· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated2010-10-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Mount Garage

Whelley

Wigan

WN2 1DA

England

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