A. JAMES (JEWELLERS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00383574 · ltd · incorporated 1943-10-29
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47770
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 95250SIC 95250
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees600600

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-01-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-12
    ➖
    NEWMAN, Olive Marion resigned
    secretary
  7. 2023-08-12
    ➖
    NEWMAN, Olive Marion resigned
    director
  8. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-04-06
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    NEWMAN, Graham Wyatt appointed
    director
  12. 2021-01-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-09-21
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  15. 2020-09-21
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2020-09-21
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2019-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-05-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2019-05-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2019-03-09
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    NEWMAN, Norman Brian resigned
    director
  21. 2018-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2014-12-04
    ➖
    WRIGHT, Ena Alice resigned
    director
  23. 1943-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As A. JAMES (JEWELLERS) LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 83 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Olive Marion Newman
Individual · British · DOB 04/1931 · age 95
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/06/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Norman Brian Newmanceased 09/03/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated1943-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47770 — SIC 47770

Registered office

Cromwell House
23 Church Street
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB10 1JW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

NEWMAN, Graham Wyatt→
director · ~61y · appointed 2021-04-06
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Active
NEWMAN, Howard Carl→
director · ~68y
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Active
NEWMAN, Olive Marion→
secretary · resigned 2023-08-12
Resigned
NEWMAN, Norman Brian→
director · ~94y · resigned 2019-03-09
Resigned
NEWMAN, Olive Marion→
director · ~95y · resigned 2023-08-12
Resigned
WRIGHT, Ena Alice→
director · ~106y · resigned 2014-12-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (107 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-01-12