A.C. SHROPSHIRE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12503522 · ltd · incorporated 2020-03-09
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.03M
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10910
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed food-drink with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: 1 insolvency-related filing on record. Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,025,349
Cash YoY
-26%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.3m
↓ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£3.0m
↑ 3.8% YoY
Current Assets
£4.1m
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£1.1m£2.1m£3.2m£4.3m£5.4mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3.74M£3.69M
Current assets£4.09M£5.35M
Cash£1.34M£1.80M
Debtors£2.49M£3.27M
Net assets£3.03M£2.91M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-10
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2025-04-10
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-04-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-04-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-04-07
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  7. 2025-04-07
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  8. 2025-04-04
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    legacy
    capital · SH20
  9. 2025-04-04
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    capital · SH19
  10. 2025-04-04
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    legacy
    insolvency · CAP-SS
  11. 2025-04-04
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2025-03-17
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  13. 2025-03-17
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  14. 2025-03-17
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  15. 2025-01-24
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  16. 2025-01-24
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  17. 2025-01-24
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  18. 2025-01-23
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    address · AD01
  19. 2025-01-23
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    officers · CH01
  20. 2025-01-23
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    officers · CH01
  21. 2025-01-23
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    officers · CH01
  22. 2025-01-23
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    officers · CH01
  23. 2025-01-23
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  24. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  25. 2024-05-01
    BOWEN, Leanne appointed
    director
  26. 2023-05-19
    SMITH, Shane Paul resigned
    director
  27. 2022-07-01
    CLEMENTS, Paul Alan appointed
    director
  28. 2022-07-01
    SMITH, Shane Paul appointed
    director
  29. 2021-02-08
    MACKLEY, David Scott resigned
    director
  30. 2020-03-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A.C. SHROPSHIRE LIMITED
  31. 2020-03-09
    SHROPSHIRE, Carolyn Jane appointed
    secretary
  32. 2020-03-09
    BODDY, Thomas Randall appointed
    director
  33. 2020-03-09
    SHROPSHIRE, Carolyn Jane appointed
    director
  34. 2020-03-09
    MACKLEY, David Scott appointed
    director

Owner dependency

70/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SHROPSHIRE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 high ·
1 insolvency-related filing on record
high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2025-04-04: legacy

Group structure

S.H.R.O.P. Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
S.H.R.O.P. Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
A.C. SHROPSHIRE LIMITED
This company · 12503522

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
S.H.R.O.P. Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/04/2025
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Sarah Jane Shropshire-Boddyceased 04/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Thomas Randall Boddyceased 04/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Carolyn Jane Shropshireceased 04/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2020-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10910 — SIC 10910

Registered office

Edward House
Grange Business Park
Whetstone
Leicester
LE8 6EP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-19
Last: 2025-05-05

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

SHROPSHIRE, Carolyn Jane
secretary · appointed 2020-03-09
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Active
BODDY, Thomas Randall
director · ~63y · appointed 2020-03-09
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Active
BOWEN, Leanne
director · ~48y · appointed 2024-05-01
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Active
CLEMENTS, Paul Alan
director · ~52y · appointed 2022-07-01
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Active
SHROPSHIRE, Carolyn Jane
director · ~81y · appointed 2020-03-09
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Active
MACKLEY, David Scott
director · ~54y · appointed 2020-03-09 · resigned 2021-02-08
Resigned
SMITH, Shane Paul
director · ~68y · appointed 2022-07-01 · resigned 2023-05-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-07
legacy
capital · SH20
2025-04-04
capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
capital · SH19
2025-04-04
legacy
insolvency · CAP-SS
2025-04-04
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-04
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-03-17
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-03-17
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-03-17