SHIRLEY HENDERSON LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC214864 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-17

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£402.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

62 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £402,422

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£402k

↑ 3.2% YoY

Current Assets

£192k

↑ 7.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£403.3k	£390.7k
Current assets	£192.1k	£179.4k
Net assets	£402.4k	£389.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-08-12
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2024-08-19
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2023-06-29
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2022-06-07
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2021-06-25
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2020-05-08
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2019-12-09
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2018-07-16
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2017-10-26
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2016-12-12
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2016-06-22
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accounts · AA
2016-01-19
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2015-07-24
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2001-01-17
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Company incorporated
As SHIRLEY HENDERSON LTD.
2001-01-17
➕
TINDELL GRANT & CO appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-01-17
➕
HENDERSON, Shirley Ann appointed
director
2001-01-17
➕
BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-01-17
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-01-17
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-01-17
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HENDERSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Shirley Ann Henderson Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/12/2016

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

Incorporated2001-01-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

C/O Tindell Grant & Co

6 Munro Road

Springkerse Industrial Estate

Stirling

FK7 7UU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-17

Last: 2026-01-03

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

TINDELL GRANT & CO→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-01-17

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Active

HENDERSON, Shirley Ann→

director · ~61y · appointed 2001-01-17

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-01-17 · resigned 2001-01-17

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-01-17 · resigned 2001-01-17

Resigned

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