CENTRE FOR JUSTICE AND LIBERTY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04199933 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-13
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
  • 90020Support activities to performing arts
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-282023-10-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-09
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2024-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-01
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    PENNE-STUART, Julian resigned
    director
  5. 2024-01-04
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-03
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-03-01
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    WATERS, Margaret resigned
    director
  14. 2017-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2016-07-15
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    WATERS, Margaret appointed
    director
  17. 2016-06-14
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    PENNE-STUART, Julian appointed
    director
  18. 2016-06-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2016-04-24
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    annual-return · AR01
  20. 2013-05-01
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    HARGREAVES, Ann Patricia resigned
    secretary
  21. 2010-09-16
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    HARGREAVES, Ann Patricia resigned
    director
  22. 2001-04-13
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    Company incorporated
    As CENTRE FOR JUSTICE AND LIBERTY LIMITED
  23. 2001-04-13
    ➕
    LITTLER, Gareth John appointed
    director
  24. 2001-04-13
    ➕
    HARGREAVES, Ann Patricia appointed
    secretary
  25. 2001-04-13
    ➕
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-04-13
    ➖
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-04-13
    ➕
    HARGREAVES, Ann Patricia appointed
    director
  28. 2001-04-13
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    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2001-04-13
    ➖
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gareth John Littler
Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence02/04/2017

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
Incorporated2001-04-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Registered office

5 Daneswood
Marchwiel
Wrexham
Clwyd
LL13 0RG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last made up to: 2024-10-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

LITTLER, Gareth John→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARGREAVES, Ann Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-13 · resigned 2013-05-01
Resigned
HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-13 · resigned 2001-04-13
Resigned
HARGREAVES, Ann Patricia→
director · ~74y · appointed 2001-04-13 · resigned 2010-09-16
Resigned
PENNE-STUART, Julian→
director · ~74y · appointed 2016-06-14 · resigned 2024-06-01
Resigned
WATERS, Margaret→
director · ~82y · appointed 2016-07-15 · resigned 2017-03-01
Resigned
HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-13 · resigned 2001-04-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-09
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-11