The Firmwatch take
Shieldwear Limited is a 6-year-old wholesale, active on the Companies House register. The latest filed accounts (year to 31 October 2024) show GBP 1k in net assets, with 1 cautionary signal worth monitoring. No insolvency or strike-off filings appear in our public Companies House and Gazette data.
Refreshed 24 May 2026
Incorporated
4 May 2020
6 years on the register
Sector
Non-specialised wholesale trade
SIC 46900
Size
Not classified
Net assets
£1k
Below sector median
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Analytics
Risk, value and sector comparison
Insolvency risk
22/100
watch risk
Estimated public-data value
£750 - £1,350
medium confidence - net asset range
Sector comparison
Sector: Wholesale
Sample: 66,765 companies
Negative net assets: 18.8%
- Net assets vs sector median
- -£986
- Working capital vs sector median
- -£8,696
- Sector median current ratio
- 1.27
Thin net asset buffer
The company reports a small visible net asset position.
Limited working capital
The short-term asset buffer is positive but small.
Risk and value are estimates from public accounts only. They are not a credit score, valuation opinion or insolvency prediction guarantee. See methodology.
Balance sheet
Full extracted balance sheet
Below sector median · Sector medians shown for 66,765 wholesalers (2024).
Cash at bank
Bank balances disclosed in the public accounts.
Not disclosed
Current assets
Assets expected to turn into cash within one year.
£5,323
Current liabilities
Amounts due within one year (short-term creditors).
£4,320
Working capital
Current assets minus current liabilities.
£1,003
Median £10k
Fixed assets
Long-term tangible and intangible assets.
Not disclosed
Total assets less current liabilities
Fixed assets plus working capital.
Not disclosed
Net assets
What's left after liabilities are deducted from assets.
£1,000
Median £2k
Equity (capital & reserves)
Shareholder funds.
£1,000
Current ratio
Current assets divided by current liabilities. Above 1.0× is usually easier to fund.
1.2×
Median 1.3×
Figures extracted from the company's public XBRL/iXBRL filing. Fields shown as Not disclosed are not legally required for this filing type and are absent from the source document — they are not necessarily zero.
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