JOHNSON BROS COMPOUNDING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03543352 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-08

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.75M

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38320

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 87). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

84 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,745,749

Net assets shrinking

Down £142,374 YoY

Cash YoY

+15%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.5m

↑ 15% YoY

Net Worth

£1.7m

↓ 7.5% YoY

Current Assets

£1.8m

↓ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.77M	£1.91M
Current assets	£1.76M	£2.01M
Cash	£1.52M	£1.33M
Debtors	£227.8k	£675.4k
Net assets	£1.75M	£1.89M

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

• 4 capital
• 1 resolution
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 90 days

filings

• 4 capital
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 persons-with-significant-control
• 4 capital
• 2 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-07-13
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-07-13
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-07-13
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-07-13
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-07-13
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-07-07
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-19
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default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2026-05-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-27
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-27
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-19
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replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-04-09
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-09
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-07
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-05
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JOHNSON, Peter Charles resigned
director
1998-04-08
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Company incorporated
As JOHNSON BROS COMPOUNDING LIMITED
1998-04-08
➕
JOHNSON, Stephen Phillip appointed
secretary
1998-04-08
➕
JOHNSON, Norman Riley appointed
director
1998-04-08
➕
JOHNSON, Stephen Phillip appointed
director
1998-04-08
➕
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-04-08
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-04-08
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JOHNSON, Peter Charles appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JOHNSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 87 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Stephen Phillip Johnson Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Norman Riley Johnson Individual · British · DOB 02/1939 · age 87	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Susan Elizabeth Johnsonceased 26/03/2026· 25-50% shares
Mr Peter Charles Johnsonceased 05/10/2022· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1998-04-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

Two Shires Park Honeybourne Airfield Industrial Estate,Weston Road

Honeybourne

Evesham

WR11 7PY

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-22

Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JOHNSON, Stephen Phillip→

secretary · appointed 1998-04-08

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Active

JOHNSON, Norman Riley→

director · ~87y · appointed 1998-04-08

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Active

JOHNSON, Stephen Phillip→

director · ~69y · appointed 1998-04-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-04-08 · resigned 1998-04-08

Resigned

JOHNSON, Peter Charles→

director · ~76y · appointed 1998-04-08 · resigned 2022-10-05

Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

capital-cancellation-shares

capital · SH06

2026-07-13

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2026-07-13

capital-return-purchase-own-shares

capital · SH03

2026-07-13

capital-return-purchase-own-shares

capital · SH03

2026-07-13

capital-return-purchase-own-shares

capital · SH03

2026-07-13

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-07-07

default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer

address · RP09

2026-06-19

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-05-27

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-05-27

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-05-27

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date

confirmation-statement · RP01CS01

2026-05-19

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-28

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-04-09

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-04-09

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-03-07