C. L. JONES LTD.

🌳Matureactive

03923685 · ltd · incorporated 2000-02-11

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£3.96M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46130

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -66% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.4y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 26.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (9 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,956,926

Net assets shrinking

Down £582,856 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 66% YoY

Cash YoY

-66%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£437k

↓ 66% YoY

Net Worth

£4.0m

↓ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£7.2m

↓ 11% 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	£4.23M	£4.91M
Current assets	£7.22M	£8.08M
Cash	£437.0k	£1.30M
Debtors	£3.12M	£3.37M
Net assets	£3.96M	£4.54M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-12-02
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accounts · AA
2024-11-12
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accounts · AA
2024-04-12
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officers · AP03
2024-04-11
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officers · AP01
2024-04-11
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officers · AP01
2024-04-11
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officers · AP01
2024-04-11
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officers · AP01
2024-04-09
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WILLIAMS, Keith Vaughan appointed
secretary
2024-04-09
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BUCHANAN, Iain Stewart appointed
director
2024-04-09
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EVANS, Anthony Francis appointed
director
2024-04-09
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PIGOTT, Bernard James appointed
director
2024-04-09
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ROBERTS, Nigel Mark appointed
director
2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2022-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-18
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accounts · AA
2020-10-27
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accounts · AA
2019-11-06
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accounts · AA
2018-10-25
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accounts · AA
2017-11-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-08
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accounts · AA
2010-08-20
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JONES, Michael Robert appointed
director
2009-10-12
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD (the Security Holder)
2006-02-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2000-02-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2000-02-11
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Company incorporated
As C. L. JONES LTD.
2000-02-11
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JONES, Michael Robert appointed
secretary
2000-02-11
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JONES, Albert Robert appointed
director
2000-02-11
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JONES, Carol Lyn appointed
director
2000-02-11
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
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2000-02-11
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

88/100

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JONES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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.)

Group structure

C L Jones (Holding) Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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C L Jones (Holding) Company Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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C. L. JONES LTD.

This company · 03923685

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
C L Jones (Holding) Company Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-02-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46130 — SIC 46130

Registered office

Parc Caseg High Street

Bethesda

Bangor

Gwynedd

LL57 3BX

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-24

Last: 2026-02-10