AYWICK SHOP LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC466305 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-23

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£172.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

7 officers (7 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 £171,975

Net assets shrinking

Down £13,511 YoY

Cash YoY

-23%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£109k

↓ 23% YoY

Net Worth

£172k

↓ 7.3% YoY

Current Assets

£248k

↓ 6.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£172.0k	£185.5k
Current assets	£247.7k	£264.6k
Cash	£109.4k	£141.8k
Debtors	£29.6k	£18.2k
Net assets	£172.0k	£185.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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accounts · AA
2025-01-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2020-12-23
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-12-14
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2020-11-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-05
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officers · CH01
2019-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-03
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2018-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-12
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2017-01-25
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2013-12-23
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Company incorporated
As AYWICK SHOP LTD
2013-12-23
➕
NICOLSON, Mary Jane appointed
secretary
2013-12-23
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GRATTAN, Anna Marie appointed
director
2013-12-23
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GUTHRIE, Deborah Lynne appointed
director
2013-12-23
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MCDONNELL, Donna Louise appointed
director
2013-12-23
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NICOLSON, Helena May appointed
director
2013-12-23
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NICOLSON, Inga Jayne appointed
director
2013-12-23
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NICOLSON, Mary Jane appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-12-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

Aywick

East Yell

Shetland

ZE2 9AX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-06

Last: 2025-12-23