CRJ SERVICES HOLDINGS LTD
🌳Matureactive
09509966 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-25
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 3.8y 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
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 3.8y
60/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Charge age ~3.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
77
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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
3 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
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-06-09🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-03-19🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2025-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-02-27🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2023-02-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-02-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-02-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-02-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-01📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-02-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-01-27📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-01-25➕CLARKSON, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2022-11-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-11-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Equipment Finance (UK) LTD
- 2022-11-18📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-11-18📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2022-11-15📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-10-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-17➖JONES, Kevin Herbert resigneddirector
- 2022-10-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Equipment Finance (UK) LTD
- 2016-12-22➕MCQUAID, Louis Benjamin appointeddirector
- 2015-07-15➕SYMONS, Robert Hayton appointeddirector
- 2015-07-15➕JONES, Kevin Herbert appointeddirector
- 2015-03-25🏢Company incorporatedAs CRJ SERVICES HOLDINGS LTD
- 2015-03-25➕CARTER, John Lee appointeddirector
Owner dependency
48/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr John Lee Carter Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Robert Hayton Symonsceased 16/11/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Kevin Herbert Jonesceased 17/10/2022· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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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.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-03-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320
Registered office
Brook House Farm London Road
Allostock
Knutsford, Cheshire
WA16 9LU
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-21
Last: 2026-02-07
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
CARTER, John Lee→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2015-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARKSON, Andrew→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2023-01-25
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MCQUAID, Louis Benjamin→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2016-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SYMONS, Robert Hayton→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2015-07-15
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JONES, Kevin Herbert→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2015-07-15 · resigned 2022-10-17
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/02/2023 | — | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Equipment Finance (UK) LTD | A registered charge | — | 28/11/2022 | 19/03/2025 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Equipment Finance (UK) LTD | A registered charge | — | 04/10/2022 | 09/06/2026 |
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Recent filings (58 total)
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-11-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-02-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-06