JS FINANCIAL CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05491107 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-25
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees100100

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
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-06-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-10
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-08
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-07-06
    ➕
    REEVES, Janet appointed
    secretary
  17. 2015-07-05
    ➖
    REEVES, Andrew James Charles resigned
    secretary
  18. 2005-06-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JS FINANCIAL CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  19. 2005-06-25
    ➕
    REEVES, Janet appointed
    director
  20. 2005-06-25
    ➕
    REEVES, Andrew James Charles appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-06-25
    ➕
    THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2005-06-25
    ➖
    THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2005-06-25
    ➕
    THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2005-06-25
    ➖
    THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Mrs Janet Reeves
Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-06-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Newlands 14 Manor Road
Bishopsteignton
Teignmouth
TQ14 9SU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-09
Last: 2026-06-25

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

REEVES, Janet→
secretary · appointed 2015-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REEVES, Janet→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REEVES, Andrew James Charles→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-25 · resigned 2015-07-05
Resigned
THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-06-25 · resigned 2005-06-25
Resigned
THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-06-25 · resigned 2005-06-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-07