JACKSON & BROWN LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14677130 · ltd · incorporated 2023-02-20
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£8.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red 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 £8,438
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,436 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£8k
↓ 65% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↓ 54% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£10k£20k£29k£39k£49kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£8.7k£24.1k
Current assets£22.6k£48.8k
Net assets£8.4k£23.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-08-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-08-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-08-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-04-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2023-02-20
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    Company incorporated
    As JACKSON & BROWN LIMITED
  10. 2023-02-20
    BROWN, Bruce Jonathon appointed
    director
  11. 2023-02-20
    JACKSON, Luke Philip appointed
    director
  12. 2023-02-20
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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 "BROWN" — strong identity link between founder and business.

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

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
Mr Bruce Jonathon Brown
Individual · British · DOB 07/1988 · age 38
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control20/02/2023
Mr Luke Philip Jackson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1990 · age 36
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control20/02/2023

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
Incorporated2023-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46370 — Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices

Registered office

James Watson House Montgomery Way
Rosehill Industrial Estate
Carlisle
CA1 2UU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BROWN, Bruce Jonathon
director · ~38y · appointed 2023-02-20
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Active
JACKSON, Luke Philip
director · ~36y · appointed 2023-02-20
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-03
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-04-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-02-20