SHIPMENTX LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC776721 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-24

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

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

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

11 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-07-31
Average employees	0

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

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-23
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dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2025-07-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-30
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
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Company incorporated
As SHIPMENTX LIMITED
2023-07-24
➕
HODGSON, Megan Julia appointed
director
2023-07-24
➕
HODGSON, Siobhan Laura appointed
director
2023-07-24
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

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

SIGNALS

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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Siobhan Laura Hodgson Individual · British · DOB 04/1993 · age 33	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	24/07/2023
Mrs Megan Julia Hodgson Individual · British · DOB 12/2000 · age 26	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	24/07/2023

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

Incorporated2023-07-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

22 Mckerrow Drive

Heathhall

Dumfries

DG1 3SP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-04-30

Last made up to: 2024-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-06

Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HODGSON, Megan Julia→

director · ~26y · appointed 2023-07-24

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Active

HODGSON, Siobhan Laura→

director · ~33y · appointed 2023-07-24

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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary

gazette · GAZ1(A)

2026-05-05

dissolution-application-strike-off-company

dissolution · DS01

2026-04-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-30

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-07-30

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-07-30

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-07-30

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-07-30

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-07-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-03

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2023-07-24