CASPER SHIPPING HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09190113 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-28
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£2.46M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 5.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £2,456,562
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.6m
Net Worth
£2.5m
Current Assets
£2.0m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.46M |
| Current assets | £1.98M |
| Cash | £1.63M |
| Debtors | £353.9k |
| Net assets | £2.46M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-30➕SHARP, Michael David appointeddirector
- 2022-12-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-10-31📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-10-21🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2022-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-22📄capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capitalcapital · SH02
- 2021-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-12-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2019-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2016-11-15➕SHAKESHEFF, Helen Mary appointeddirector
- 2016-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-08-28🏢Company incorporatedAs CASPER SHIPPING HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2014-08-28➕SHAKESHEFF, Michael appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Michael Shakesheff Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-08-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
Tees Wharf
Dockside Road
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
TS3 6AH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
SHAKESHEFF, Helen Mary→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2016-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHAKESHEFF, Michael→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2014-08-28
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SHARP, Michael David→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2022-12-30
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/10/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 18/12/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (32 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-04-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2021-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-02-11
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-12-21