JORDAN SHAW LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC305232 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-10
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27510
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31

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 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-02-19
    ➖
    MCLAUGHLIN, Edward Webster resigned
    director
  8. 2021-11-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2019-09-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2019-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-04-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2019-04-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2019-04-09
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  18. 2019-04-09
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  19. 2019-04-09
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  20. 2013-01-17
    ➕
    BARCLAY, William appointed
    director
  21. 2010-03-16
    ➖
    SHAW, Gary Owen resigned
    director
  22. 2010-02-26
    ➖
    AVISON, Martin resigned
    director
  23. 2010-01-22
    ➕
    CAVAYE, Richard Alexander appointed
    director
  24. 2009-03-18
    ➕
    AVISON, Martin appointed
    director
  25. 2009-03-18
    ➕
    MCLAUGHLIN, Edward Webster appointed
    director
  26. 2006-07-10
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    Company incorporated
    As JORDAN SHAW LTD
  27. 2006-07-10
    ➕
    GLADWIN, Catherine appointed
    secretary
  28. 2006-07-10
    ➕
    GLADWIN, Catherine appointed
    director
  29. 2006-07-10
    ➕
    SHAW, Gary Owen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Mrs Catherine Gladwin
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
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
Incorporated2006-07-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC27510 — SIC 27510

Registered office

105 Hareburn Road
Tillicoultry
FK13 6DA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

GLADWIN, Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARCLAY, William→
director · ~79y · appointed 2013-01-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAVAYE, Richard Alexander→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLADWIN, Catherine→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AVISON, Martin→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-03-18 · resigned 2010-02-26
Resigned
MCLAUGHLIN, Edward Webster→
director · ~85y · appointed 2009-03-18 · resigned 2022-02-19
Resigned
SHAW, Gary Owen→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-07-10 · resigned 2010-03-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-14