SHBV LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC326402 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-27

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

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

43 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

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-26	2024-06-26
Total assets	—	£95.7k
Current assets	—	£103.1k
Net assets	—	£93.3k
Average employees	2	—

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-02-17
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2025-03-25
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2024-03-07
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2023-03-09
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2022-03-21
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2021-03-25
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2020-03-24
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2019-02-15
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2018-03-15
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accounts · AA
2017-07-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-03-13
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officers · AP01
2017-03-13
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accounts · AA
2017-02-10
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RITCHIE, Ruth Catherine appointed
director
2016-08-09
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annual-return · AR01
2016-02-24
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2015-07-08
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2015-03-03
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accounts · AA
2007-06-27
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Company incorporated
As SHBV LIMITED
2007-06-27
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VELICHANSKY, Andrew Boris appointed
secretary
2007-06-27
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RITCHIE, Thomas Patrick appointed
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Thomas Patrick Ritchie Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	27/06/2016

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

Incorporated2007-06-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Innis Bheag

Middleshaw

Lockerbie

Dumfries & Galloway

DG11 1AJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-26

Last made up to: 2025-06-26

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-11

Last: 2025-06-27

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

VELICHANSKY, Andrew Boris→

secretary · appointed 2007-06-27

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RITCHIE, Ruth Catherine→

director · ~59y · appointed 2017-02-10

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RITCHIE, Thomas Patrick→

director · ~58y · appointed 2007-06-27

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Recent filings (43 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-02-17

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-30