SHIELBRIDGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC029862 · ltd · incorporated 1954-02-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£155.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
111 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £155,814
Cash YoY
+72%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£127k
↑ 72% YoY
Net Worth
£156k
↑ 57% YoY
Current Assets
£132k
↑ 77% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£31k£62k£93k£125k£156kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£155.8k£99.0k
Current assets£132.5k£74.9k
Cash£127.3k£73.9k
Debtors£5.2k£998
Net assets£155.8k£99.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-28
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  3. 2024-10-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  4. 2024-08-22
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    capital · SH01
  5. 2024-08-22
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  6. 2024-08-15
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    CORFIELD, Thomas Rokeby Conyngham appointed
    director
  7. 2024-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  8. 2023-05-29
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  9. 2022-06-06
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  10. 2021-08-10
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  11. 2021-05-21
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  12. 2021-05-21
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  13. 2021-05-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-05-06
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    SEMPLE, Malcolm Gracie, Prof. appointed
    director
  15. 2021-05-06
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    SEMPLE, James Edgar resigned
    director
  16. 2020-10-26
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    KENNEDY, James Henry, The Executors Of The Late Dr resigned
    director
  17. 2020-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-08-17
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  19. 2019-08-09
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  20. 2018-10-26
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  21. 2014-03-01
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    THOMS, Gordon Duff appointed
    secretary
  22. 2014-02-28
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    PETERKINS ROBERTSON PAUL resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2009-04-15
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    KENNEDY, Euan Thomas Cameron resigned
    director
  24. 2009-04-15
    ➕
    KENNEDY, James Henry, The Executors Of The Late Dr appointed
    director
  25. 2002-04-21
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    HEADRICK, Alastair Strathdee resigned
    director
  26. 2002-01-14
    ➕
    ORD, Peter John appointed
    director
  27. 2002-01-14
    ➖
    URIE, Ruth resigned
    director
  28. 1993-12-14
    ➖
    URIE, Robert Morgan resigned
    director
  29. 1993-12-14
    ➕
    URIE, Ruth appointed
    director
  30. 1954-02-09
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    Company incorporated
    As SHIELBRIDGE LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 John Rokeby Conyngham Corfield
Individual · British · DOB 03/1998 · age 28
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/08/2024
Mrs Janet Barbara Ord
Individual · British · DOB 09/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr James Edgar Sempleceased 28/04/2020· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1954-02-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Bell Ingram
Manor Street
Forfar
Angus
DD8 1EX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-08
Last: 2025-09-24

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

THOMS, Gordon Duff→
secretary · appointed 2014-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORFIELD, Thomas Rokeby Conyngham→
director · ~64y · appointed 2024-08-15
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Active
ORD, Peter John→
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-01-14
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Active
SEMPLE, Malcolm Gracie, Prof.→
director · ~58y · appointed 2021-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PETERKINS ROBERTSON PAUL→
corporate-secretary · resigned 2014-02-28
Resigned
HEADRICK, Alastair Strathdee→
director · ~101y · resigned 2002-04-21
Resigned
KENNEDY, Euan Thomas Cameron→
director · ~80y · resigned 2009-04-15
Resigned
KENNEDY, James Henry, The Executors Of The Late Dr→
director · ~77y · appointed 2009-04-15 · resigned 2020-10-26
Resigned
SEMPLE, James Edgar→
director · ~89y · resigned 2021-05-06
Resigned
URIE, Robert Morgan→
director · ~113y · resigned 1993-12-14
Resigned
URIE, Ruth→
director · ~98y · appointed 1993-12-14 · resigned 2002-01-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (111 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-24
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-08-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-10