JSH STORES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC598062 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-23
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-19.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £19,653
Net assets shrinking
Down £23,994 YoY
Cash YoY
-18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↓ 18% YoY
Net Worth
-£20k
↓ 553% YoY
Current Assets
£84k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£20k£1k£22k£43k£63k£84kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-10.5k£31.0k
Current assets£83.6k£84.0k
Cash£6.0k£7.3k
Net assets£-19.7k£4.3k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-07-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-07-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-07-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2024-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As JSH STORES LTD
  13. 2018-05-23
    ➕
    AKHTAR, Javed appointed
    director
  14. 2018-05-23
    ➕
    AKHTAR, Shada appointed
    director
  15. 2018-05-23
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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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Javed Akhtar
Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control23/05/2018
Mrs Shada Akhtar
Individual · British · DOB 06/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/05/2018

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
Incorporated2018-05-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

103 Cambusnethan Street
Wishaw
ML2 8NN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-04
Last: 2025-04-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AKHTAR, Javed→
director · ~57y · appointed 2018-05-23
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AKHTAR, Shada→
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-05-23
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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-08