GJM WALES LTD
💤Zombieactive
03585310 · ltd · incorporated 1998-06-22
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 18.0y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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| 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-06-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2016-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-24📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-06-25📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-05-17🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2008-05-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2005-07-20➕JONES, Moria Jane appointedsecretary
- 2005-07-20➖WELSON, Rhydian Craig resigneddirector
- 2005-04-10➖WELSON, Rhydian Craig resignedsecretary
- 1998-06-22🏢Company incorporatedAs GJM WALES LTD
- 1998-06-22➕JONES, Hugh Geoffrey appointeddirector
- 1998-06-22➕WELSON, Rhydian Craig appointedsecretary
- 1998-06-22➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1998-06-22➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1998-06-22➕WELSON, Rhydian Craig appointeddirector
- 1998-06-22➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1998-06-22➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
93/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Moira Jane Jones Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Hugh Geoffrey Jones Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-06-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
The Old Surgery
Spa Road
Llandrindod Wells
Powys
LD1 5EY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-06
Last: 2025-06-22
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
Active
JONES, Hugh Geoffrey→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 1998-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WELSON, Rhydian Craig→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-06-22 · resigned 2005-04-10
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-06-22 · resigned 1998-06-22
WELSON, Rhydian Craig→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 1998-06-22 · resigned 2005-07-20
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-06-22 · resigned 1998-06-22
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 16/05/2008 | 17/05/2010 |
Recent filings (71 total)
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2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2024-08-31
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2024-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2023-08-31
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2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2022-08-31
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2022-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2021-08-31
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2021-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2020-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2020-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2019-08-20
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2019-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2018-08-30