JOSHUA TAYLOR & CO LIMITED

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00047048 · ltd · incorporated 1896-03-02
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (75/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
136 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-30
Average employees200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-13
    ➖
    LINTOTT, Christopher Guy resigned
    secretary
  3. 2026-01-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2026-01-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-03-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-13
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2022-04-12
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2022-04-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-09-17
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2021-09-14
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2021-02-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-01-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-07-18
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  18. 2012-06-26
    ➕
    LINTOTT, Christopher Guy appointed
    secretary
  19. 2012-06-26
    ➖
    ALDWYCH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 1995-10-26
    ➕
    LINTOTT, Christopher Guy appointed
    director
  21. 1995-10-10
    ➕
    ASPIN, David William appointed
    director
  22. 1995-10-10
    ➖
    FERGUSON, Iain Donald resigned
    secretary
  23. 1995-10-10
    ➖
    DEIGMAN, Patrick resigned
    director
  24. 1995-10-10
    ➖
    FERGUSON, Iain Donald resigned
    director
  25. 1995-10-09
    ➕
    ALDWYCH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1995-10-09
    ➕
    FERGUSON, Iain Donald appointed
    director
  27. 1994-07-11
    ➕
    DEIGMAN, Patrick appointed
    director
  28. 1994-07-07
    ➖
    CHITTICK, Gavin William resigned
    secretary
  29. 1994-07-07
    ➕
    FERGUSON, Iain Donald appointed
    secretary
  30. 1994-06-30
    ➖
    ASPIN, David William resigned
    director
  31. 1993-09-30
    ➖
    PRICE, Humphrey James Montgomery resigned
    director
  32. 1993-05-31
    ➖
    BLACKWELL, Anne Christine resigned
    secretary
  33. 1896-03-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JOSHUA TAYLOR & CO LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

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 74 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 130 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.)

Group structure

Munroe K Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Munroe K Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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JOSHUA TAYLOR & CO LIMITED
This company · 00047048

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Munroe K Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated1896-03-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

Parkhill Studio
Walton Road
Wetherby
LS22 5DZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-03
Last: 2025-06-19

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

ASPIN, David William→
director · ~73y · appointed 1995-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LINTOTT, Christopher Guy→
director · ~74y · appointed 1995-10-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLACKWELL, Anne Christine→
secretary · resigned 1993-05-31
Resigned
CHITTICK, Gavin William→
secretary · resigned 1994-07-07
Resigned
FERGUSON, Iain Donald→
secretary · appointed 1994-07-07 · resigned 1995-10-10
Resigned
LINTOTT, Christopher Guy→
secretary · appointed 2012-06-26 · resigned 2026-01-13
Resigned
ALDWYCH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-10-09 · resigned 2012-06-26
Resigned
ASPIN, David William→
director · ~73y · resigned 1994-06-30
Resigned
DEIGMAN, Patrick→
director · ~74y · appointed 1994-07-11 · resigned 1995-10-10
Resigned
FERGUSON, Iain Donald→
director · ~71y · appointed 1995-10-09 · resigned 1995-10-10
Resigned
PRICE, Humphrey James Montgomery→
director · ~84y · resigned 1993-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (136 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-19
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-04-13
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16