BOOKJUDGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03028949 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-03
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
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47620
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 3 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
85 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees131400

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2024-01-31
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  4. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-01
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    CLEMENTS, David Harry appointed
    director
  6. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-31
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  9. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2018-12-10
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-06
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-04-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-12-18
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    accounts · AAMD
  14. 2017-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 1998-03-12
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    NICHOLLS, Caroline Janet appointed
    secretary
  18. 1998-03-12
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    CLEMENTS, Christina resigned
    secretary
  19. 1997-01-31
    ➕
    CLEMENTS, Christina appointed
    secretary
  20. 1997-01-31
    ➖
    CLEMENTS, Stephen Irwin resigned
    secretary
  21. 1997-01-31
    ➖
    CLEMENTS, Stephen Irwin resigned
    director
  22. 1996-03-14
    ➕
    CLEMENTS, Stephen Irwin appointed
    secretary
  23. 1996-03-14
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    NICHOLLS, Caroline Janet resigned
    secretary
  24. 1995-08-01
    ➕
    LAKE, Susan Julia appointed
    director
  25. 1995-03-17
    ➕
    NICHOLLS, Caroline Janet appointed
    secretary
  26. 1995-03-17
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1995-03-17
    ➕
    CLEMENTS, Stephen Irwin appointed
    director
  28. 1995-03-17
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1995-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As BOOKJUDGE LIMITED
  30. 1995-03-03
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1995-03-03
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Harry Clements
Individual · English · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/03/2018
Mrs Susan Lake
Individual · English · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/03/2017
Mrs Caroline Nicholls
Individual · English · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/03/2017

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
Incorporated1995-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47620 — SIC 47620

Registered office

79-81 Market Place
Thirsk
North Yorkshire
YO7 1ET

Filing status

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

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

NICHOLLS, Caroline Janet→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLEMENTS, David Harry→
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAKE, Susan Julia→
director · ~62y · appointed 1995-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLEMENTS, Christina→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-31 · resigned 1998-03-12
Resigned
CLEMENTS, Stephen Irwin→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-14 · resigned 1997-01-31
Resigned
NICHOLLS, Caroline Janet→
secretary · appointed 1995-03-17 · resigned 1996-03-14
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-03-03 · resigned 1995-03-17
Resigned
CLEMENTS, Stephen Irwin→
director · ~90y · appointed 1995-03-17 · resigned 1997-01-31
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-03-03 · resigned 1995-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
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accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-23