FORTY EIGHT SHELF (88) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC232934 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-18

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

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-07-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-07-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-07-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-06-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-06-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-06-30
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-07-02
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-07-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2014-07-02
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accounts · AA
2002-09-13
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BECKMANN, Linda Alice Mary appointed
secretary
2002-09-13
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BECKMANN, Hannah Amy appointed
director
2002-09-13
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BECKMANN, Linda Alice Mary appointed
director
2002-09-13
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GLEN, Jeremy Stewart resigned
nominee-secretary
2002-09-13
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DUNN, Alastair Kenneth resigned
nominee-director
2002-09-13
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GLEN, Jeremy Stewart resigned
nominee-director
2002-06-18
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Company incorporated
As FORTY EIGHT SHELF (88) LIMITED
2002-06-18
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GLEN, Jeremy Stewart appointed
nominee-secretary
2002-06-18
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DUNN, Alastair Kenneth appointed
nominee-director
2002-06-18
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GLEN, Jeremy Stewart appointed
nominee-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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Linda Alice Mary Beckmann Individual · British · DOB 03/1951 · age 75	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Ms Hannah Amy Beckmann Individual · British · DOB 12/1985 · age 41	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-06-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Beam Farm

Falkirk

Stirlingshire

FK1 3AF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-02

Last: 2025-06-18

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BECKMANN, Linda Alice Mary→

secretary · appointed 2002-09-13

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Active

BECKMANN, Hannah Amy→

director · ~41y · appointed 2002-09-13

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Active

BECKMANN, Linda Alice Mary→

director · ~75y · appointed 2002-09-13

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Active

GLEN, Jeremy Stewart→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-18 · resigned 2002-09-13

Resigned

DUNN, Alastair Kenneth→

nominee-director · ~60y · appointed 2002-06-18 · resigned 2002-09-13

Resigned

GLEN, Jeremy Stewart→

nominee-director · ~60y · appointed 2002-06-18 · resigned 2002-09-13

Resigned

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