21ST CENTURY GLOBAL LOGISTICS LTD

🌳Matureactive
08846688 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-15
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 5.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 5.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
52 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
75
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£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees400400

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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-30
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2023-03-28
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  8. 2023-03-28
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  9. 2022-10-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2022-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-31
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2021-08-27
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  13. 2021-08-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-08-27
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  15. 2021-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-05-04
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    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2021-05-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2021-04-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2021-04-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2021-04-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 2021-04-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  22. 2014-01-15
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    Company incorporated
    As 21ST CENTURY GLOBAL LOGISTICS LTD
  23. 2014-01-15
    ➕
    RICHARDS, Gary appointed
    director
  24. 2014-01-15
    ➕
    SHAH, Pankaj Meghji appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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 12 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Pankaj Meghji Shah
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Gary Richards
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Jane Richards
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
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
Incorporated2014-01-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 10 Unit 10
Tower Industrial Estate, Tower Lane
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 6NZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-27
Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

RICHARDS, Gary→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-01-15
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Active
SHAH, Pankaj Meghji→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-01-15
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property23/04/2021—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—23/04/2021—
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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-30
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-03-28
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-21