C J MILLER LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12658745 · ltd · incorporated 2020-06-10
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£9.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Driving school activities
Sector: Education
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed education with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,158

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£9k
↑ 592% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£4k£9k£13k£18k£22kJun 2024Jun 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£11.3k£4.0k
Current assets£22.1k£19.2k
Net assets£9.2k£1.3k

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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-23
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2021-08-31
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2020-06-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As C J MILLER LIMITED
  9. 2020-06-10
    MILLER, Christopher James appointed
    director
  10. 2020-06-10
    MILLER, Gaynor Louise appointed
    director
  11. 2020-06-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 "MILLER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-15

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher James Miller
Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/06/2020
Mrs Gaynor Louise Miller
Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/06/2020

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

Similar companies

Active · Education & training · LA postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ADVANCED CENTRE FOR ENGLISH LIMITED
15285935 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
ALICE EARNSHAW DYSLEXIA AND DYSCALCULIA SERVICES (AEDDS) LTD
17128297 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
ATHLETE EDGE FITNESS SOLUTIONS LTD
16857919 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
BABYBALLET GUILDFORD CENTRAL LIMITED
16053045 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
BABYBALLET SUTTON AND EPSOM CENTRAL LIMITED
16053050 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
BARROW TRAINING PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
05232166 · est 2004 · no financials extracted
21y
BEACON OF LOVE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
16988579 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
BLOSSOM TREES NURSERY LIMITED
06853766 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
17y
BOND MEDICAL CONSULTING LIMITED
15665985 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
CALDER LODGE LIMITED
11894188 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
7y
CALM TOGETHER GROUP CIC
16883121 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
CAROUSEL CHILD CARE MORECAMBE LTD
08672221 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
12y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-06-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85530 — Driving school activities

Registered office

First Floor East, Bridge Mills
Stramongate
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 4UB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15OVERDUE
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MILLER, Christopher James
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLER, Gaynor Louise
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-22
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-08-31
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-06-10