A JUPP & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05156282 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-17
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£-694
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -32% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £694
Cash YoY
-32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£222
↓ 32% YoY
Net Worth
-£694
↑ 91% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 495% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£8k-£6k-£4k-£2k£22£2kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-694£-7.7k
Current assets£1.9k£328
Cash£222£328
Debtors£1.7k—
Net assets£-694£-7.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-19
    ➖
    ASTUTE SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  3. 2025-06-19
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-11-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-11-13
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  9. 2023-11-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2017-06-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2004-06-17
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    Company incorporated
    As A JUPP & SON LIMITED
  19. 2004-06-17
    ➕
    JUPP, Alan Geoffrey appointed
    director
  20. 2004-06-17
    ➕
    JUPP, Andrew Mark appointed
    director
  21. 2004-06-17
    ➕
    ASTUTE SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary

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
  • +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 "JUPP" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Geoffrey Jupp
Individual · British · DOB 12/1943 · age 83
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Mark Jupp
Individual · British · DOB 03/1981 · age 45
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-06-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

Ground Floor 66 High Street
Lewes
BN7 1XG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

JUPP, Alan Geoffrey→
director · ~83y · appointed 2004-06-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JUPP, Andrew Mark→
director · ~45y · appointed 2004-06-17
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Active
ASTUTE SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-06-17 · resigned 2025-06-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-18
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-13
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-11-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17