ASTRID SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08336492 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-19
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). 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 8.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-12-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-12-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-12-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-12-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-24
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2018-03-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: John Archie Macleod
  19. 2013-01-31
    ➕
    MACLEOD, Michael appointed
    director
  20. 2013-01-08
    ➕
    CHARLES WOOD & SON LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2012-12-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ASTRID SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
  22. 2012-12-19
    ➕
    MACLEOD, John Archie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 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 13 years.
  • 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 Michael Macleod
Individual · British · DOB 11/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr John Archie Macleod
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-12-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Forvis Mazars Llp
30 Old Bailey
London
EC4M 7AU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-04
Last: 2025-12-21

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CHARLES WOOD & SON LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-01-08
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Active
MACLEOD, John Archie→
director · ~71y · appointed 2012-12-19
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Active
MACLEOD, Michael→
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-01-31
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
John Archie Macleod
A registered charge1 property05/03/2018—
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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-16