CT&JL SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08498991 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-22
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
35 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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-01➕LOGUE, Sara Marguerite appointeddirector
- 2013-04-22🏢Company incorporatedAs CT&JL SERVICES LIMITED
- 2013-04-22➕LOGUE, Jamie Thomas appointedsecretary
- 2013-04-22➕LOGUE, Campbell Thomas 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 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
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 69. 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 13 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 |
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Mr Campbell Thomas Logue Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/05/2016 |
Mrs Sara Marguerite Logue Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/05/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| CUMBERLAND FLOWER FARM LTD→ 15711662 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CUMBRIA LIVESTOCK LIMITED→ 08718072 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| CUMBRIA MINIATURE DACHSHUNDS LIMITED→ 15230830 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| CUMBRIA WOODLANDS CIC→ 16812040 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CURVE 21 LIMITED→ 16949743 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| D & C FAWCETT LTD→ 05672649 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| D & M IRVING FARMING→ 07952743 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| D G AND L M STRONG LIMITED→ 08951314 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| D G SHEARING LIMITED→ 15982195 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| D M POULTRY LIMITED→ 10720824 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| D W WHITSON LTD→ 08850800 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| D WALKER (AGRI) LTD→ 11745116 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production
Registered office
8 Roods Drive
Kirkoswald
Penrith
Cumbria
CA10 1EH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-04
Last: 2026-05-21
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
LOGUE, Jamie Thomas→
Activesecretary · appointed 2013-04-22
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LOGUE, Campbell Thomas→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2013-04-22
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LOGUE, Sara Marguerite→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2016-05-01
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Recent filings (35 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-18