CJC NEWCO 5 LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08366951 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-21
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46750SIC 46750
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.6y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
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
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
7
filings
  • 5 officers
  • 2 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
13
filings
  • 9 officers
  • 2 miscellaneous
  • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
  2. 2026-03-24
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
  3. 2026-03-04
    📄
    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  4. 2026-02-26
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2026-02-26
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2026-02-26
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2026-02-26
    📄
    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  8. 2026-01-28
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2026-01-05
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2026-01-05
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2026-01-05
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2026-01-05
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2026-01-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2025-12-16
    CHADWICK, Christopher John appointed
    director
  15. 2025-12-16
    THOMSON, Craig resigned
    secretary
  16. 2025-12-16
    THOMSON, Craig resigned
    director
  17. 2025-12-16
    WARD, Richard resigned
    director
  18. 2025-08-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2024-06-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2024-05-09
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  21. 2024-03-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  22. 2023-03-02
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  23. 2023-03-02
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  24. 2023-03-02
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2023-03-02
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  26. 2023-03-02
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  27. 2023-03-01
    THOMSON, Craig appointed
    secretary
  28. 2023-03-01
    CARMICHAEL, Robert Gavin resigned
    director
  29. 2023-03-01
    HORROBIN, Leslie Robert resigned
    director
  30. 2023-03-01
    THOMSON, Craig appointed
    director
  31. 2023-03-01
    WARD, Richard appointed
    director
  32. 2017-07-24
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  33. 2017-07-24
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  34. 2016-12-12
    CARMICHAEL, Robert Gavin appointed
    director
  35. 2016-12-12
    ELLIS, Phillip Simon resigned
    director
  36. 2016-12-12
    HORROBIN, Leslie Robert appointed
    director
  37. 2016-02-24
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  38. 2014-10-17
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  39. 2013-01-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CJC NEWCO 5 LIMITED
  40. 2013-01-21
    ELLIS, Phillip Simon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

2 med ·
3 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: THOMSON, Craig resigned 2025-12-16; THOMSON, Craig resigned 2025-12-16; WARD, Richard resigned 2025-12-16

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-01-28: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Mccann Chemicals Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Mccann Chemicals Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
CJC NEWCO 5 LIMITED
This company · 08366951

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mccann Chemicals Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest12/12/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

1 St. Peters Square
Manchester
M2 3DE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

CHADWICK, Christopher John
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-12-16
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Active
THOMSON, Craig
secretary · appointed 2023-03-01 · resigned 2025-12-16
Resigned
CARMICHAEL, Robert Gavin
director · ~75y · appointed 2016-12-12 · resigned 2023-03-01
Resigned
ELLIS, Phillip Simon
director · ~52y · appointed 2013-01-21 · resigned 2016-12-12
Resigned
HORROBIN, Leslie Robert
director · ~71y · appointed 2016-12-12 · resigned 2023-03-01
Resigned
THOMSON, Craig
director · ~52y · appointed 2023-03-01 · resigned 2025-12-16
Resigned
WARD, Richard
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-03-01 · resigned 2025-12-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
A registered charge24/02/201624/07/2017
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge17/10/201424/07/2017

Recent filings (58 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2026-03-24
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2026-03-24
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-03-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-02-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-26
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-02-26
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-01-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-05
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-07