J. CHANDLER & COMPANY, LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00207348 · ltd · incorporated 1925-07-18

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.40M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46342

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

18 officers (7 active, 18 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

118 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,396,275

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.5m

Net Worth

£1.4m

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Cash	£1.49M	—
Net assets	£1.40M	—
Average employees	—	700

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

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3 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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2025-12-02
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accounts · AA
2025-03-26
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officers · AP01
2025-03-14
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BARNARD, Nicholas Lee appointed
director
2025-02-27
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officers · TM01
2025-02-08
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AUSTIN, Frances Marie resigned
director
2024-11-29
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accounts · AA
2023-10-05
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accounts · AA
2022-12-28
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accounts · AA
2022-01-21
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accounts · AA
2021-02-19
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accounts · AA
2020-12-08
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CHART, Graham James appointed
director
2020-12-08
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officers · AP01
2020-05-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-05-29
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officers · TM02
2020-04-14
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SHARP, Jonathan William resigned
secretary
2020-04-14
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SHARP, Jonathan William resigned
director
2019-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-29
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officers · AP01
2018-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-26
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EVANS, George appointed
director
2017-09-01
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officers · TM01
2017-04-07
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EVANS, Jean Teresa resigned
director
2016-03-31
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JOYCE, Gabrielle Leonie resigned
director
2016-03-28
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JOYCE, Antony Cyril resigned
director
2013-03-12
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JOYCE, Gary Richard appointed
director
2013-03-12
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JOYCE, Jane Carol appointed
director
2013-03-12
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JOYCE, Gabrielle Leonie appointed
director
2011-02-16
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WINCKLEY, Jacqueline Marguerite resigned
director
2009-04-01
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MOYLAN, Denis Morgan appointed
director
2009-04-01
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WINCKLEY, Peter Frederick appointed
director
2009-04-01
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SHARP, Jonathan William appointed
director
2003-03-19
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JOYCE, Bernard Richard resigned
secretary
2003-03-19
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SHARP, Jonathan William appointed
secretary
2000-05-25
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JOYCE, Robert Francis Edward resigned
director
1996-03-31
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JOYCE, Bernard Richard appointed
secretary
1996-01-13
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CLEMENTS, Henry Alfred resigned
secretary
1996-01-13
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CLEMENTS, Henry Alfred resigned
director
1925-07-18
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Company incorporated
As J. CHANDLER & COMPANY, LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 97 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 97 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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.)

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JOHN JEFFERY (AUCTIONEERS) LIMITED→ 02027216 · est 1986 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	39y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1925-07-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

New Abbey House

Fyfield Road, Weyhill

Andover

SP11 8DN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31