A.C. JACKLIN LOGISTICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05251808 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-06
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 May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
60 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees200200

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-21
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  2. 2025-02-28
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  3. 2024-10-17
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  5. 2024-10-11
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  6. 2024-02-29
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  7. 2023-05-23
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  8. 2023-05-17
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    PRECIOUS, Jennifer Elizabeth appointed
    director
  9. 2023-02-01
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  10. 2022-01-12
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  11. 2020-12-23
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  12. 2019-12-13
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  13. 2018-12-24
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  14. 2017-12-29
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  15. 2017-10-15
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  16. 2017-05-17
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  17. 2017-01-19
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  18. 2004-10-13
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    PRECIOUS, Jennifer Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-10-13
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    JACKLIN, Andrew Cecil appointed
    director
  20. 2004-10-11
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  21. 2004-10-11
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  22. 2004-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As A.C. JACKLIN LOGISTICS LIMITED
  23. 2004-10-06
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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  24. 2004-10-06
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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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
  • +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 "JACKLIN" — 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 71 — succession pressure is live.

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 71 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Jennifer Elizabeth Precious
Individual · British · DOB 02/1981 · age 45
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/12/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Andrew Cecil Jacklinceased 06/04/2024· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2004-10-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Golden Limes, Fen Lane
Grainthorpe
Louth
Lincolnshire
LN11 7JY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PRECIOUS, Jennifer Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JACKLIN, Andrew Cecil→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRECIOUS, Jennifer Elizabeth→
director · ~45y · appointed 2023-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-10-06 · resigned 2004-10-11
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-10-06 · resigned 2004-10-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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2025-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-23