JAMES AND JEAN POTTER LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11785108 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-24
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-1.23M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -64% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.4y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
21 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,233,568
Cash draining
Cash down 64% YoY
Cash YoY
-64%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↓ 64% YoY
Net Worth
-£1.2m
↓ 267% YoY
Current Assets
£4.8m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£1.2m-£22k£1.2m£2.4m£3.6m£4.8mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-966.8k£-44.2k
Current assets£4.82M£4.80M
Cash£5.6k£15.5k
Debtors£628.5k£428.3k
Net assets£-1.23M£-335.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-10
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-22
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    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-09-19
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    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-13
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    accounts · AA01
  7. 2022-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-26
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2021-09-16
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    accounts · AA01
  11. 2020-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-21
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    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2020-12-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
  14. 2019-11-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2019-01-24
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    Company incorporated
    As JAMES AND JEAN POTTER LIMITED
  16. 2019-01-24
    ➕
    POTTER, James Edward appointed
    director
  17. 2019-01-24
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    POTTER, Margaret Jean appointed
    director
  18. 2019-01-24
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "POTTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

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.

Red flags

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Margaret Jean Potter
Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/01/2019
Mr James Edward Potter
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/01/2019

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430

Registered office

Potter House
Henfaes Lane
Welshpool
SY21 7BE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

POTTER, James Edward→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POTTER, Margaret Jean→
director · ~70y · appointed 2019-01-24
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Handelsbanken
Handelsbanken PLC
A registered charge1 property21/12/2020—
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Recent filings (21 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-09-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-12-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-09-16