J & A YOUNG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04304877 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-16
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 13.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£4.28M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
107 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,281,572

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£4.3m
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£856k£1.7m£2.6m£3.4m£4.3mSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£4.28M—
Net assets£4.28M—
Average employees—0

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2025-06-27
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  7. 2024-10-04
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  8. 2024-06-28
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  9. 2024-05-17
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  10. 2023-06-29
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  11. 2022-10-28
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  17. 2022-06-29
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  18. 2021-07-01
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  19. 2020-10-19
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  20. 2019-08-05
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    YOUNG, Anona Jane resigned
    secretary
  21. 2019-08-05
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    YOUNG, Anona Jane resigned
    director
  22. 2015-02-02
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2012-12-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  24. 2002-09-10
    ➕
    YOUNG, Dominic Peter Robert appointed
    director
  25. 2002-09-10
    ➕
    YOUNG, Jason James Graham appointed
    director
  26. 2002-09-10
    ➕
    YOUNG, Jeremy Robert Andrew appointed
    director
  27. 2002-09-10
    ➖
    ROWLINSON, Claire Jane resigned
    secretary
  28. 2002-09-10
    ➕
    YOUNG, Anona Jane appointed
    secretary
  29. 2002-09-10
    ➖
    MANSHIP, Rachel Ann resigned
    director
  30. 2002-09-10
    ➕
    YOUNG, Anona Jane appointed
    director
  31. 2001-10-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As J & A YOUNG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  32. 2001-10-16
    ➕
    ROWLINSON, Claire Jane appointed
    secretary
  33. 2001-10-16
    ➕
    MANSHIP, Rachel Ann appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "YOUNG" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 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

90/100
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 24 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.)

Group structure

J & A Young Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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J & A Young Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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J & A YOUNG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
This company · 04304877

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
J & A Young Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting17/09/2024
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Dominic Peter Robert Youngceased 17/09/2024· significant influence
  • Mr Jason James Graham Youngceased 17/09/2024· significant influence
  • Mr Jeremy Robert Andrew Youngceased 17/09/2024· significant influence
  • Mrs Anona Jane Youngceased 05/08/2019· significant influence

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
Incorporated2001-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

15 Saxon Way East
Corby
NN18 9EY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

YOUNG, Dominic Peter Robert→
director · ~51y · appointed 2002-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, Jason James Graham→
director · ~56y · appointed 2002-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, Jeremy Robert Andrew→
director · ~77y · appointed 2002-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROWLINSON, Claire Jane→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-16 · resigned 2002-09-10
Resigned
YOUNG, Anona Jane→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-10 · resigned 2019-08-05
Resigned
MANSHIP, Rachel Ann→
director · ~55y · appointed 2001-10-16 · resigned 2002-09-10
Resigned
YOUNG, Anona Jane→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-09-10 · resigned 2019-08-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Debenture1 property19/12/201202/02/2015

Recent filings (107 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-10-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-28