ADRIENNE JONES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04730322 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-10
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Primary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85310General secondary education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). 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, 2 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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.

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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-30
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-04-30
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    address · AD01
  15. 2015-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2005-10-01
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    RUSSELL, Alan appointed
    director
  17. 2003-05-01
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Alan appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-05-01
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Adrienne Susan appointed
    director
  19. 2003-04-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ADRIENNE JONES LIMITED
  20. 2003-04-10
    ➕
    M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-04-10
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    M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-04-10
    ➕
    DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-04-10
    ➖
    DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Adrienne Susan Russell
Individual · British · DOB 04/1949 · age 77
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

75 Westow Hill
London
SE19 1TX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

RUSSELL, Alan→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-01
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Active
RUSSELL, Adrienne Susan→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-05-01
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Active
RUSSELL, Alan→
director · ~80y · appointed 2005-10-01
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Active
M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-10 · resigned 2003-04-10
Resigned
DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-10 · resigned 2003-04-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-01