JCB FINANCE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01490674 · ltd · incorporated 1980-04-14
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
100 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

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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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

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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-05-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-05-01
    ➕
    ROSS, Adrian Craig appointed
    director
  12. 2020-05-01
    ➖
    HARGREAVES, Michael resigned
    director
  13. 2020-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-07-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2006-03-06
    ➕
    HARGREAVES, Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2006-03-06
    ➖
    LEADBEATER, Edward Timothy David resigned
    director
  20. 1994-02-22
    ➕
    OVENS, Steven Ernest Robert appointed
    director
  21. 1994-02-22
    ➖
    MELLOR, Raymond Alan resigned
    director
  22. 1980-04-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JCB FINANCE INTERNATIONAL 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 32 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 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 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

Jcb Service is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Jcb Service
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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JCB FINANCE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
This company · 01490674

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
Jcb Service
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Patrick Albert Michaël Fischerceased 08/05/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest

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
Incorporated1980-04-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Lakeside Works
Rocester
Uttoxeter
Staffordshire
ST14 5JP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

OVENS, Steven Ernest Robert→
secretary
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Active
OVENS, Steven Ernest Robert→
director · ~74y · appointed 1994-02-22
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Active
ROSS, Adrian Craig→
director · ~62y · appointed 2020-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARGREAVES, Michael→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-03-06 · resigned 2020-05-01
Resigned
LEADBEATER, Edward Timothy David→
director · ~82y · resigned 2006-03-06
Resigned
MELLOR, Raymond Alan→
director · ~79y · resigned 1994-02-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (100 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-05-05