C J COX LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03468426 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 28.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£9.81M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,810,647
Cash YoY
-3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£281k
↓ 3.0% YoY
Net Worth
£9.8m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£8.7m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2.0m£3.9m£5.9m£7.8m£9.8mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£9.92M£8.77M
Current assets£8.69M£7.68M
Cash£281.1k£289.8k
Debtors£2.01M£1.77M
Net assets£9.81M£8.69M

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.

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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 (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-05-06
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-10-22
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  12. 2015-02-18
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2014-10-22
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  14. 2014-04-16
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2013-10-24
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 1998-06-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 1997-12-04
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    COX, Valerie Jill appointed
    secretary
  18. 1997-12-04
    ➕
    COX, Christopher John appointed
    director
  19. 1997-12-04
    ➕
    COX, Valerie Jill appointed
    director
  20. 1997-12-04
    ➖
    WRIGHT, Raymond resigned
    secretary
  21. 1997-12-04
    ➖
    MOSS, Stephanie Ann resigned
    director
  22. 1997-12-04
    ➖
    WRIGHT, Raymond resigned
    director
  23. 1997-11-19
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    Company incorporated
    As C J COX LIMITED
  24. 1997-11-19
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Raymond appointed
    secretary
  25. 1997-11-19
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1997-11-19
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1997-11-19
    ➕
    MOSS, Stephanie Ann appointed
    director
  28. 1997-11-19
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Raymond appointed
    director
  29. 1997-11-19
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 1997-11-19
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Valerie Jill Cox
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/10/2016
Mr Christopher John Cox
Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/10/2016

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
Incorporated1997-11-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

Bagber
Sturminster Newton
Dorset
DT10 2HT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

COX, Valerie Jill→
secretary · appointed 1997-12-04
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Active
COX, Christopher John→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-12-04
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Active
COX, Valerie Jill→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WRIGHT, Raymond→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-19 · resigned 1997-12-04
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-11-19 · resigned 1997-11-19
Resigned
MOSS, Stephanie Ann→
director · ~50y · appointed 1997-11-19 · resigned 1997-12-04
Resigned
WRIGHT, Raymond→
director · ~87y · appointed 1997-11-19 · resigned 1997-12-04
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-11-19 · resigned 1997-11-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property26/06/1998—
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Recent filings (70 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-22