Live Companies House data temporarily unavailable

Companies House is rate-limiting or unreachable right now, so this page is showing the last data we hold on file. Officers, charges and filing history may be missing or out of date — refresh in a few minutes for live figures.

B.A. JACKSON LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
00686979 · ltd · incorporated 1961-03-20
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£540.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46740
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

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
No charge records returned
50
Directors & officers
No officers data
0
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
No filing history
0
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
70
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £540,641
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,425 YoY
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£484k
↓ 8.7% YoY
Net Worth
£541k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£633k
↓ 6.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£135k£270k£405k£539k£674kMar 2024Mar 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£540.6k£545.1k
Current assets£633.3k£674.4k
Cash£483.7k£529.6k
Debtors£30.3k£24.9k
Net assets£540.6k£545.1k

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.

See pricing →
Corporate timeline (1 events)Click to expand
  1. 1961-03-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As B.A. JACKSON LIMITED

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +No director turnover: Company is 65 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Similar companies

Active · Wholesale & distribution · L postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ANTONS UK LIMITED
06722499 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
17y
ATAF GROUP LIMITED
16489887 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
AVIENT COLORANTS UK LTD
05582962 · est 2005 · no financials extracted
20y
AVOFRESH LTD
15349773 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
BAKERFRESH LIMITED
08162666 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
13y
BAKERFRESH WHOLESALE LTD
16158913 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
BALL WATCH UK LTD
08919811 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
12y
BALLISTIC FM LTD
07338683 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
15y
BALLOON AND PARTY WAREHOUSE LTD
15889929 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
BALTIC FOODS LOCAL LTD
16451021 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
BANDA ENTERPRISE (UK) LIMITED
10635465 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
9y
BANDIARIA LIMITED
16604774 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1961-03-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46740 — SIC 46740

Registered office

1-11 Knowsley Road
Ormskirk
Lancashire
L39 4RB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01