ALBERT CROSS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC315206 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-23
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
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
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£465.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
54 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £465,783
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,094 YoY
Cash YoY
-20%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£301k
↓ 20% YoY
Net Worth
£466k
↓ 3.1% YoY
Current Assets
£634k
↑ 2.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£127k£254k£381k£507k£634kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£531.6k£546.7k
Current assets£634.3k£617.4k
Cash£301.4k£378.1k
Debtors£294.7k£188.6k
Net assets£465.8k£480.9k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-11-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-13
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2025-02-12
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-02-12
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-01-08
    ➕
    SHEIKH, Mohammed Adill appointed
    director
  7. 2025-01-08
    ➖
    SHEIKH, Aslam resigned
    director
  8. 2024-11-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-11-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-11-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-05-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-11-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2007-01-24
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2007-01-24
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 2007-01-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALBERT CROSS LIMITED
  21. 2007-01-23
    ➕
    AHMED, Rashid, Dr appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-01-23
    ➕
    AHMED, Rashid, Dr appointed
    director
  23. 2007-01-23
    ➕
    ALI, Ashfaq, Dr appointed
    director
  24. 2007-01-23
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2007-01-23
    ➕
    SHEIKH, Aslam appointed
    director
  26. 2007-01-23
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Mas Sheikh Enterprises Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
🏛️
Ernarxo Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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ALBERT CROSS LIMITED
This company · SC315206

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ernarxo Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mas Sheikh Enterprises Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/01/2025

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
Incorporated2007-01-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Registered office

275 Maxwell Road
Glasgow
G41 1TE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

AHMED, Rashid, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AHMED, Rashid, Dr→
director · ~79y · appointed 2007-01-23
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Active
ALI, Ashfaq, Dr→
director · ~74y · appointed 2007-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHEIKH, Mohammed Adill→
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2007-01-24
Resigned
SHEIKH, Aslam→
director · ~72y · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2025-01-08
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2007-01-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19