B.J.R. SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03400937 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-09

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

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£380.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 26701

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £380,329

Net assets shrinking

Down £14,093 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£380k

↓ 3.6% YoY

Current Assets

£592k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£382.0k	£396.1k
Current assets	£591.8k	£683.4k
Net assets	£380.3k	£394.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-07-30
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accounts · AA
2024-07-31
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accounts · AA
2023-07-21
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accounts · AA
2022-07-29
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accounts · AA
2021-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-30
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accounts · AA
2020-03-13
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officers · AP01
2020-03-13
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officers · TM01
2020-03-11
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HALL, Gareth Robert appointed
director
2020-03-11
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HALL, Peter Reginald resigned
director
2019-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2016-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-07-16
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annual-return · AR01
2014-07-18
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annual-return · AR01
1997-09-12
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HALL, Peter Reginald appointed
director
1997-07-23
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READ, Beric Jonathan, Cllr appointed
secretary
1997-07-23
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READ, Beric Jonathan, Cllr appointed
director
1997-07-23
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
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1997-07-23
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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1997-07-09
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Company incorporated
As B.J.R. SYSTEMS LIMITED
1997-07-09
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-07-09
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LONDON LAW SERVICES 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Beric Jonathan Read Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	09/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-07-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC26701 — SIC 26701

Registered office

34 Windmill Avenue

St Albans

Hertfordshire

AL4 9TF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-21

Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

READ, Beric Jonathan, Cllr→

secretary · appointed 1997-07-23

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Active

HALL, Gareth Robert→

director · ~44y · appointed 2020-03-11

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Active

READ, Beric Jonathan, Cllr→

director · ~58y · appointed 1997-07-23

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Active

LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-09 · resigned 1997-07-23

Resigned

HALL, Peter Reginald→

director · ~82y · appointed 1997-09-12 · resigned 2020-03-11

Resigned

LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-07-09 · resigned 1997-07-23

Resigned

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