ANGLIA COURIER EXPRESS LTD
🌳Matureactive
08084739 · ltd · incorporated 2012-05-28
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
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
90
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-21➕JENKINSON, Marina appointeddirector
- 2019-01-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2012-05-28🏢Company incorporatedAs ANGLIA COURIER EXPRESS LTD
- 2012-05-28➕JENKINSON, Jonathan Neal Russell appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
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 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 14 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
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Jonathan Neal Russell Jenkinson Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| B A C A (2014) LTD→ 08986489 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| BANBURY BRICKS LIMITED→ 06227102 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| BECO LTD→ 15792225 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BELPER SHED CIC→ 15754480 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BLACK LYONS LTD→ 10629921 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| BLAKEWOOD EMRAN QUANTITY SURVEYORS LIMITED→ 10727086 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| BOWERS GROUP OF COMPANIES LIMITED→ 10418346 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| BRAITHWAITE MCDONNELL LIMITED→ 10374034 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| BRAMBER 1954 LIMITED→ 08809827 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| BRANSTON 1964 LIMITED→ 09253983 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| BREATHABOARD LIMITED→ 10108641 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| BRITISH COMPRESSED GASES ASSOCIATION→ 00071798 · est 1901 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 124y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-05-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Suite 1.1, 11 Mallard Way
Pride Park
Derby
DE24 8GX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-11
Last: 2026-05-28
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
JENKINSON, Jonathan Neal Russell→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2012-05-28
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JENKINSON, Marina→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2019-01-21
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Recent filings (33 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-25