E SHOP HEATING LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC480498 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-20
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-03-31
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  3. 2024-08-13
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  4. 2024-08-12
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  5. 2024-03-27
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  6. 2023-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-27
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-05-27
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    officers · TM02
  9. 2022-05-27
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  10. 2022-03-04
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-03
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-03-01
    BASSETT, Philip appointed
    director
  13. 2022-03-01
    ROUAT, Nicole Ngozi Gbemisola resigned
    secretary
  14. 2022-03-01
    ROUAT, Nicole Ngozi Gbemisola resigned
    director
  15. 2022-02-20
    BASSETT, Nicholas appointed
    director
  16. 2021-02-19
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  17. 2020-03-26
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  18. 2019-03-25
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  19. 2018-03-13
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  20. 2014-06-20
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    Company incorporated
    As E SHOP HEATING LTD
  21. 2014-06-20
    ROUAT, Nicole Ngozi Gbemisola appointed
    secretary
  22. 2014-06-20
    ROUAT, Nicole Ngozi Gbemisola appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BASSETT, Nicholas (same surname) appointed 2022-02-20. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

The Mccall Discretionary Trust is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Mccall Discretionary Trust
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
E SHOP HEATING LTD
This company · SC480498

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
The Mccall Discretionary Trust
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares17/04/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Rosehill Enterprises Ltdceased 17/04/2024· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2014-06-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

13 Hill Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3JP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-10
Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BASSETT, Nicholas
director · ~32y · appointed 2022-02-20
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Active
BASSETT, Philip
director · ~71y · appointed 2022-03-01
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Active
ROUAT, Nicole Ngozi Gbemisola
secretary · appointed 2014-06-20 · resigned 2022-03-01
Resigned
ROUAT, Nicole Ngozi Gbemisola
director · ~52y · appointed 2014-06-20 · resigned 2022-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-08-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-05-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-04