A B & J L WILCOX LTD
🌳Matureactive
06846022 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-13
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 400 | 500 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-03-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-01-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-12-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
- 2019-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2009-03-13🏢Company incorporatedAs A B & J L WILCOX LTD
- 2009-03-13➕WILCOX, Alex Benjamin appointeddirector
- 2009-03-13➕WILCOX, Joanna Louise appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "WILCOX" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Joanna Louise Wilcox Individual · English · DOB 02/1975 · age 51 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Alexander Benjamin Wilcoxceased 13/03/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-03-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Unit 2 Fordham House
Fordham
Cambridgeshire
CB7 5LL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
WILCOX, Alex Benjamin→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2009-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILCOX, Joanna Louise→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2009-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Oxbury Bank Oxbury Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 01/12/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (47 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16