CJ ALUMINIUM LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07966630 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-27
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 14.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£977.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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 14.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £977,616
Cash YoY
+27%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£114k
↑ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£978k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 4.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £992.4k | £834.3k |
| Current assets | £1.07M | £1.02M |
| Cash | £114.0k | £89.6k |
| Debtors | £452.4k | £450.1k |
| Net assets | £977.6k | £809.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-04-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-28➖MITCHELL, Kathryn Mary resigneddirector
- 2025-01-28➕MITCHELL, Kathryn Mary appointeddirector
- 2024-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-01-01➕MITCHELL, Kathryn Mary appointeddirector
- 2012-03-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Skipton Business Finance Limited
- 2012-02-27🏢Company incorporatedAs CJ ALUMINIUM LIMITED
- 2012-02-27➕MITCHELL, John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Mitchell Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Kathryn Mary Mitchell Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Registered office
4 Tinshill Lane
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS16 7AP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
MITCHELL, John→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2012-02-27
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MITCHELL, Kathryn Mary→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2025-01-28
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MITCHELL, Kathryn Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2014-01-01 · resigned 2025-02-28
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Skipton Business Finance Skipton Business Finance Limited | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 21/03/2012 | — |
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Recent filings (39 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-09