ANDREW JUKES & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04397635 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-19
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£259.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 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
65 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £259,648

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£260k
↑ 7.9% YoY
Current Assets
£282k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£56k£113k£169k£225k£282kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£262.0k£242.8k
Current assets£281.6k£243.5k
Net assets£259.6k£240.6k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2026-05-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-04-30
    ➕
    JUKES, Sean Terry appointed
    director
  4. 2026-04-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2008-04-04
    ➕
    MIDDLE, Alison Jane appointed
    secretary
  15. 2002-03-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANDREW JUKES & SONS LIMITED
  16. 2002-03-19
    ➕
    JUKES, Andrew John appointed
    director
  17. 2002-03-19
    ➕
    NEWTON, Beverley Anne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-03-19
    ➖
    NEWTON, Beverley Anne resigned
    secretary
  19. 2002-03-19
    ➕
    THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2002-03-19
    ➖
    THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-03-19
    ➕
    THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2002-03-19
    ➖
    THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "JUKES" — 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — JUKES, Sean Terry (same surname) appointed 2026-04-30. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Jukes
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mr Sean Terry Jukes
Individual · British · DOB 01/1993 · age 33
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/05/2026

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
Incorporated2002-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

Ashdene
Lydbury North
Craven Arms
SY7 8AU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-20
Last: 2026-05-06

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MIDDLE, Alison Jane→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JUKES, Andrew John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JUKES, Sean Terry→
director · ~33y · appointed 2026-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEWTON, Beverley Anne→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-19 · resigned 2002-03-19
Resigned
THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-19 · resigned 2002-03-19
Resigned
THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-03-19 · resigned 2002-03-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26