GEORGE SHARKEY & SONS LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
SC164725 · ltd · incorporated 1996-04-05
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
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43341Painting
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 27.3y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
15 officers (3 active, 15 linked, 13 with DOB)
87
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
109 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.

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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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £191,994

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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Profit before tax£192.0k£886.6k
Average employees687100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-24
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  6. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2018-12-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2018-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-04-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-04-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2015-12-07
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  18. 2010-09-08
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    SHARKEY, George resigned
    director
  19. 2010-09-01
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    Charge satisfied #5
  20. 2010-09-01
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    Charge satisfied #4
  21. 2010-09-01
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    Charge satisfied #3
  22. 2010-09-01
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    Charge satisfied #2
  23. 2008-11-26
    ➖
    SKENE EDWARDS WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2008-10-31
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    BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2006-09-01
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  26. 2003-09-30
    ➖
    GRANDISON, Harry resigned
    director
  27. 2003-09-30
    ➖
    HARRISON, William Thomas resigned
    director
  28. 2003-09-30
    ➖
    LINDSAY, David Mcbride resigned
    director
  29. 2003-09-30
    ➖
    MORRIS, Iain Alistair resigned
    director
  30. 2003-09-30
    ➖
    SHARKEY, Mhora Nicolson resigned
    director
  31. 2003-07-01
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  32. 2003-03-31
    ➖
    HAGART, John resigned
    director
  33. 2002-03-15
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  34. 2002-02-28
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    BLAIR, Nicholas Crawford resigned
    director
  35. 2000-08-25
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  36. 1999-12-05
    ➕
    BLAIR, Nicholas Crawford appointed
    director
  37. 1999-12-05
    ➕
    GRANDISON, Harry appointed
    director
  38. 1999-12-05
    ➕
    HARRISON, William Thomas appointed
    director
  39. 1999-12-05
    ➕
    LINDSAY, David Mcbride appointed
    director
  40. 1999-12-05
    ➕
    MORRIS, Iain Alistair appointed
    director
  41. 1999-09-27
    ➕
    SHARKEY, George appointed
    director
  42. 1999-09-27
    ➕
    SHARKEY, Mhora Nicolson appointed
    director
  43. 1999-02-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  44. 1998-12-12
    ➕
    HAGART, John appointed
    director
  45. 1998-06-30
    ➖
    SHARKEY, George resigned
    director
  46. 1998-06-30
    ➖
    SHARKEY, Mhora Nicolson resigned
    director
  47. 1996-04-06
    ➖
    HOGG, Derek William resigned
    director
  48. 1996-04-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GEORGE SHARKEY & SONS LIMITED
  49. 1996-04-05
    ➕
    SHARKEY, Scott Jenkinson appointed
    director
  50. 1996-04-05
    ➕
    SHARKEY, Stephen James appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 54 events

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SHARKEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Sharkey (Group) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sharkey (Group) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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GEORGE SHARKEY & SONS LIMITED
This company · SC164725

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
Sharkey (Group) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-04-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

Newhailes Industrial Estate
Musselburgh
East Lothian
EH21 6SY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (3 active · 12 resigned)

BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHARKEY, Scott Jenkinson→
director · ~59y · appointed 1996-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHARKEY, Stephen James→
director · ~66y · appointed 1996-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKENE EDWARDS WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-04-05 · resigned 2008-11-26
Resigned
BLAIR, Nicholas Crawford→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-12-05 · resigned 2002-02-28
Resigned
GRANDISON, Harry→
director · ~73y · appointed 1999-12-05 · resigned 2003-09-30
Resigned
HAGART, John→
director · ~89y · appointed 1998-12-12 · resigned 2003-03-31
Resigned
HARRISON, William Thomas→
director · ~57y · appointed 1999-12-05 · resigned 2003-09-30
Resigned
HOGG, Derek William→
director · ~63y · appointed 1996-04-05 · resigned 1996-04-06
Resigned
LINDSAY, David Mcbride→
director · ~73y · appointed 1999-12-05 · resigned 2003-09-30
Resigned
MORRIS, Iain Alistair→
director · ~55y · appointed 1999-12-05 · resigned 2003-09-30
Resigned
SHARKEY, George→
director · ~89y · appointed 1999-09-27 · resigned 2010-09-08
Resigned
SHARKEY, George→
director · ~89y · appointed 1996-04-05 · resigned 1998-06-30
Resigned
SHARKEY, Mhora Nicolson→
director · ~88y · appointed 1999-09-27 · resigned 2003-09-30
Resigned
SHARKEY, Mhora Nicolson→
director · ~88y · appointed 1996-04-05 · resigned 1998-06-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge—07/12/2015—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property01/09/200601/09/2010
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property01/07/200301/09/2010
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property15/03/200201/09/2010
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property25/08/200001/09/2010
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property10/02/199921/12/2018
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Recent filings (109 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-24