STEWART SHAW LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC071591 · ltd · incorporated 1980-05-23
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 45.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 45.2y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 45.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees181700

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-19
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-03-27
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-11
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2018-11-30
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    SHARP, Samantha Heather resigned
    director
  11. 2018-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-03-27
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-03-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2007-07-01
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    SHARP, Samantha Heather appointed
    director
  18. 2007-03-21
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    SHAW, Catherine Heather appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-06-19
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    SHAW, Archibald Stewart resigned
    secretary
  20. 2006-06-19
    ➖
    SHAW, Archibald Stewart resigned
    director
  21. 2003-07-01
    ➖
    SHAW, Samantha Heather resigned
    director
  22. 1994-07-01
    ➕
    SHAW, Steven Archibald appointed
    director
  23. 1994-07-01
    ➕
    SHAW, Stewart Gillies appointed
    director
  24. 1994-07-01
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    SHAW, Samantha Heather appointed
    director
  25. 1981-03-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  26. 1980-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As STEWART SHAW LIMITED

Owner dependency

98/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SHAW" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Stewart Shaw Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Stewart Shaw Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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STEWART SHAW LIMITED
This company · SC071591

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
Stewart Shaw Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1980-05-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

10 Jane Street
Dunoon
Argyll
PA23 7HX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

SHAW, Catherine Heather→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAW, Catherine Heather→
director · ~75y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAW, Steven Archibald→
director · ~53y · appointed 1994-07-01
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Active
SHAW, Stewart Gillies→
director · ~57y · appointed 1994-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAW, Archibald Stewart→
secretary · resigned 2006-06-19
Resigned
SHARP, Samantha Heather→
director · ~50y · appointed 2007-07-01 · resigned 2018-11-30
Resigned
SHAW, Archibald Stewart→
director · ~77y · resigned 2006-06-19
Resigned
SHAW, Samantha Heather→
director · ~50y · appointed 1994-07-01 · resigned 2003-07-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property19/03/1981—
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Recent filings (107 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-28