J.B. AND J. KAY LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
02095736 · ltd · incorporated 1987-02-02
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
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 20.1y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
105 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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 →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-22📄replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP01AP01
- 2026-03-24📄change-person-director-companyofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-10-22📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-10-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-10-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-10-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-10-21➖KAY, Jean resignedsecretary
- 2024-10-21➖KAY, Jean resigneddirector
- 2024-10-21➖KAY, John Blakemore resigneddirector
- 2024-08-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-01➕KAY, Jonathan Paul appointeddirector
- 2018-11-09🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2018-11-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2006-06-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2003-01-20➖KAY, Jonathan Paul resigneddirector
- 1991-11-01➕KAY, Jonathan Paul appointeddirector
- 1987-02-02🏢Company incorporatedAs J.B. AND J. KAY LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jonathan Paul Kay Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 21/10/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr John Kayceased 21/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mrs Jean Kayceased 21/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| IT'S THE LEASH WE CAN DO LTD→ 15770674 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Union Bank Farm
Union Bank Lane
Bold Heath Widnes
Cheshire
WA8 5XA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last: 2026-03-15
Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)
KAY, Jonathan Paul→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2019-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KAY, Jean→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2024-10-21
KAY, Jean→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · resigned 2024-10-21
KAY, John Blakemore→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · resigned 2024-10-21
KAY, Jonathan Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 1991-11-01 · resigned 2003-01-20
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/11/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/11/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 27/06/2006 | — |
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Recent filings (105 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-04-22
change-person-director-company
officers · CH01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-10-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02