BLACK SHUCK LTD
🌳Matureactive
09489113 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-13
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 5.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£34.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 5.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.0 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
32 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £34,550
Cash YoY
+196%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£66k
↑ 196% YoY
Net Worth
£35k
↑ 29% YoY
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £65.9k | £22.3k |
| Net assets | £34.5k | £26.8k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 capital
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 capital
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-24📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-01-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-03-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-10➕KERSHAW, Leanne Georgina appointeddirector
- 2025-03-10➕KERSHAW, Nicola Kate appointeddirector
- 2025-03-10➕KERSHAW, William Paul appointeddirector
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-05-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2020-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2015-03-13🏢Company incorporatedAs BLACK SHUCK LTD
- 2015-03-13➕SAUNDERS, Patrick James appointeddirector
- 2015-03-13➕SAUNDERS, Sarah Elizabeth appointeddirector
Owner dependency
56/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — 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 61. 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Saunders Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 10/03/2025 |
Mr Patrick James Saunders Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Saundersceased 10/03/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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
Incorporated2015-03-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010
Registered office
19 Highfield Road
Fakenham
Norfolk
NR21 9DQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-06
Last: 2025-06-22
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
KERSHAW, Leanne Georgina→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2025-03-10
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KERSHAW, Nicola Kate→
Activedirector · ~30y · appointed 2025-03-10
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KERSHAW, William Paul→
Activedirector · ~27y · appointed 2025-03-10
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SAUNDERS, Patrick James→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2015-03-13
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SAUNDERS, Sarah Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2015-03-13
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/05/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (32 total)
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28