SHANNON AND DOHERTY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC333862 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-13
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 18.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£178.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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

3 live charges · oldest 18.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.0 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: 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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
43 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £178,288

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£178k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£422k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£84k£169k£253k£338k£422kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£209.0k£209.0k
Current assets£422.3k£422.3k
Net assets£178.3k£178.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-30
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  3. 2023-08-31
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  4. 2022-08-31
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  5. 2021-11-11
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  6. 2021-10-15
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  7. 2020-11-30
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  8. 2019-08-15
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  9. 2018-08-30
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  10. 2017-08-31
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  11. 2016-11-05
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  12. 2016-11-03
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  13. 2016-11-01
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    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2015-11-25
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  15. 2015-10-15
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  16. 2009-05-28
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2009-01-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2008-04-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2007-11-13
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    Company incorporated
    As SHANNON AND DOHERTY LIMITED
  20. 2007-11-13
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    DOHERTY, James Vincent appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-11-13
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    DOHERTY, James Vincent appointed
    director
  22. 2007-11-13
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    SHANNON, Mark appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 "DOHERTY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Vincent Doherty
Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-11-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

3 Pavillions Cumbernauld Road
Stepps
Glasgow
G33 6HZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-26
Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DOHERTY, James Vincent→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-13
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Active
DOHERTY, James Vincent→
director · ~56y · appointed 2007-11-13
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Active
SHANNON, Mark→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-11-13
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property28/05/2009—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property30/01/2009—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property29/04/2008—
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Recent filings (43 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-15